Editing Macrozamia glaucophylla (section)

===Principal Characteristics: ===
The principal characteristics of
''M. glaucophylla'' are as follows:

</li><li>pinnae which are normally, though not always, divided
</li><li>pinnae that rise from the rachis to form a "V"-shaped profile
</li><li>pinkish-red callouses at the point where the pinnae join the rachis, but these callouses undergo a colour transformation with age and change from pinkish-red to a creamy-white colour
</li><li>fronds which are strongly recurved near the apex
</li><li>fronds which reach an average above ground height of 50-70 cm, ranging up to a
maximum length of approximately 1.1 metres

changes to a faded pastel blue-green colour

 ===Plants: ===
The number of fronds on ''M. glaucophylla''
normally ranges up to about 10, but there is a marked difference in size and symmetry between
plants that grow in the northern and southern sections of its habitat.
''M. glaucophylla'' is more robust in the northern part of its distribution range,
with plants generally having longer and more numerous fronds than plants in
the southern part of the distribution range.
Moreover, these robust plants usually have longer and broader pinnae than either
''M. heteromera'' or ''M. stenomera'', with the sub-leaflets being prone to extending and
overlapping each other in an inconsistent and untidy manner "
which tends to give the fronds a "bushy" appearance.
In addition, plants in the far north of the distribution range, that grow close to
the edges of normally dry creek beds, have longer and more numerous fronds than plants growing
in other locations in the northern sections of the distribution range; and it is probable that plants
which grow near some of these creek beds (with their ephemeral water flows) are those,
as described by David Jones, with up to 25 fronds.
The reason for this north-south variation in plant size is puzzling.