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Centrolepis strigosa (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. subsp. strigosa Family Restionaceae
Centrolepis strigosa subsp. strigosa (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. APNI*

Description: Annual tufted herb 2–11 cm high.

Leaves numerous, radiating, sheath with multicellular hairs, margins hyaline; lamina 7–30 mm long, c. 0.4 mm wide, hairs erect, rarely glabrous.

Scape terete, 1–10 cm long, glabrous or with fine hairs; heads ovoid, 3–4 mm long, 2–4 mm wide. Primary bracts separated by 1–2 mm long internode, gaping, subequal; bracts with sheath abruptly contracted into glabrous mucro c. 0.5 mm long; sheath herbaceous with narrow-hyaline margins, hairy. Pseudanthia 10–20, bisexual; secondary bracts 2 (or 3) per pseudanthium, 2–2.5 mm long, hyaline, usually truncate, erose, with additional secondary bracts between pseudanthia. Female flowers 4–8 per pseudanthium.

Seeds ovoid, c. 0.5 mm long.


Flower
Photo A.E. Orme

Herbarium
Sheet

Flowering: September–November

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in heath, scrub, mallee, woodland and sclerophyll forest on sand or infertile soils; mostly east and north of the A.C.T., but recorded in scattered localities west to Deniliquin.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP, SWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. Tas. S.A. W.A.
AVH map***


The single subspecies in NSW. Characters and distribution as for the species in NSW.

APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.

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