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| synonyms = ''Fitzroya archeri'' (Hook.f.) [[George Bentham|Benth.]] & [[Hook.]]
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'''''Diselma archeri''''' ('''Cheshunt pine''')<ref>{{cite web|title=Diselma archeri (Cupressaceae)|url=http://www.utas.edu.au/dicotkey/dicotkey/CONIFERS/sDiselma.htm|website=utas.edu.au|publisher=University of Tasmania|accessdate=28 September 2014}}</ref> is a [[species]] of [[plant]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Cupressaceae]] and the sole species in the [[genus]] '''''Diselma'''''. It is endemic to the alpine regions of [[Tasmania|Tasmania's]] [[Southwest National Park|southwest]] and [[Central Highlands (Tasmania)|Central Highlands]], on the western coast ranges and [[Lake St Clair, Tasmania|Lake St. Clair]], at an altitude ranging from
It is a [[dioecious]] [[shrub]] or rarely a small [[tree]], growing to 1-6 m. The [[leaf|leaves]] are scale-like, 2-3 mm long, arranged in four ranks in opposite decussate pairs. The [[conifer cone|cones]] are among the smallest of any conifer, 2-3 mm long, green ripening brown in about 7-8 months from pollination, and have four scales arranged in two opposite pairs, each scale bearing a short bract; the upper pair of scales bearing two small winged [[seed]]s.
== Appearance ==
''D. archeri'' is a compact, prostrate shrub which commonly reaches 2-3 ms in height but has been recorded to reach greater heights at lower altitudes. It has a grey-green appearance with branchlets curving downward at their tips. Branchlet foliage appears square in cross-section and scale-like leaves are overlapping and arranged in opposite decussate pairs which are pressed close to the stem.
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