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BURRAWANG FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Burrawang
Description
Macrozamia miquelii is a medium-sized cycad. It is an attractive plant with comparatively soft green fronds with narrow pointed leaflets that stand upright initially before arching downwards with age. The trunk is usually subterranean with little of it visible above ground. The caudex can grow to about 60cm and 50cm in diameter in old plants. Some plants do have an above ground trunk to about 1m tall. It is similar in appearance to a number of other species such as Macrozamia douglasii and M. macleayi. The crown has up to 50 to 100 fronds that grow 80cm to 2m long and are flat without keel. The male cones are 15cm to 35cm long and about 4cm to 7cm in diameter. The female cones are about 20cm to 40cm long and 7cm to 13cm in diameter. The cycad seeds are 25mm to 35mm long and orange or red when ripe.
Habitat
found in eucalypt forests on poor soils.
Distribution
Southern Queensland below Rockhampton and northern New South Wales.
Growth Characteristics
Height: 1m
Spread: 3m
Propagation
propagation is from seed
Classification
| Class: | Cycadopsida | | Order: | Cycadales | | Family: | Zamiaceae | | Genus: | Macrozamia | | Species: | miquelii | | Common Name: | Burrawang |
Relatives in same Genus
Macrozamia communis
Macrozamia johnsonii
Macrozamia macdonnellii
Macrozamia moorei
Macrozamia riedlei
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