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Cycas arenicola is a small cycad shrub from the sandstone woodlands of northern Northern Territory, Australia. It does best in open, sunny spots with well-drained, sandy soil and needs little water once established.
Cycas arenicola is a species of cycad in the genus Cycas, native to Australia, in the far north of Northern Territory in the basin of the upper East Alligator River in Arnhem Land. It grows in Eucalyptus woodlands on highly siliceous soils (sandstone derived). They thrive in open situations.
The stems reach 1.5 m (rarely 2.5 m) tall, with a diameter of 15–20 cm. The leaves are numerous, 0.9-1.6 m long, pinnate with 180-200 leaflets, glossy bright green above, pubescent beneath with brown pubescence, the leaflets are oriented 60-90 degrees forward without overlapping. The petiole is brown pubescent, 25–35 cm long, armed with spines.
Cycas aculeata · Cycas aenigma · Cycas angulata · Cycas annaikalensis · Cycad · Zamia Palm · Cycas arnhemica · Cycas badensis · Cycad · Cycas basaltica · Beddome’s Cycas · Cycas bifida
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cycas arenicola by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
