Macrozamia miquelii
A trunkless cycad of eucalypt forest in coastal central and southern Queensland and northern New South Wales, with a mostly underground caudex and arching, light-green fronds up to about 2 m long. It is tough and slow, needing sharp drainage, warmth and bright light, and handles a mild dry winter.
Where it grows wild
It grows in the understorey of dry sclerophyll forest dominated by Corymbia citriodora and Eucalyptus crebra, on low-nutrient stony or sandy soils.
Recorded at 10–910 m, median 400 m; the literature gives 10–540 m.
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