Centrolepis fascicularis Labill.

Herb, perennial, forming cushions 3–20 cm diam. Leaves basal, tufted, with sheath 2–6 mm long, pilose; lamina linear-subulate, subterete, 8–45 mm long, c. 0.8 mm wide, glabrous or pilose. Cataphyll obtuse, 3–5 mm long. Scape terete, 2–6 cm long, glabrous. Heads ovoid, 2–3.5 mm wide. Primary bracts subopposite, similar, gaping at anthesis; basal sheath broadly cymbiform, 2.5–3.5 mm long, herbaceous, usually densely strigose, tapered into subulate laminae 1–3 mm long, acute, glabrous or papillose. Secondary bracts 2 per pseudanthium, c. 3 mm long, obtuse or truncate. Pseudanthia 7–14, all bisexual. Stamen free; anther c. 0.7 mm long. Carpels 2–4; styles connate at the base; papillae simple, c. 0.04 mm long. Seed ovoid, c. 0.5 mm long.

Grows in coastal swamps, peat bogs and other habitats with a permanently high watertable.