Centrolepis glabra

Smooth centrolepis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Clade:Commelinids
Order:Poales
Family:Restionaceae
Genus:Centrolepis
Species: C. glabra
Binomial name
Centrolepis glabra

Centrolepis glabra, commonly known as smooth centrolepis,[1] is a species of plant in the Restionaceae family.[2][3]

The annual herb has a tufted habit and typically grows to a height of 10 to 90 centimetres (3.9 to 35.4 in). It blooms between September and November.

In Western Australia it is found among granite outcrops, in winter wet depressions and around swamps in the Peel, Wheatbelt, South West and Great Southern regions where it grows in sandy clay soils.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Centrolepis glabra". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. Ford, K. A. (2014). "Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: a new species of Centrolepis for New Zealand, Centrolepis glabra (F.Muell. ex Sonder) Hieron., and the taxonomic status of Centrolepis minima Kirk (Centrolepidaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 52(2): 262–266".
  3. Ford, K. A.(2014). "Centrolepidaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Brownsey, P.J.; Heenan, P.B.; Wilton, A.D. Flora of New Zealand — Seed Plants. Fascicle 2". Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.


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