Centrolepis racemosa D.D.Sokoloff & Remizowa

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Restionaceae > Centrolepis

Characteristics

Herb, annual, forming very dense rounded tufts 1–2.5 cm diam. Leaves cauline, regularly radiating; sheath 3–5 mm long and 1.2–1.7 mm wide; margins pilose; lamina curved backwards, 3–6 mm long. Cataphyll absent. Heads sessile or subsessile, cylindric, c. 2 mm diam., crowded in centre of the tuft. Primary bracts opposite, loosely sheathing; outer bract with a membranous sheath 3–5 mm long, sparsely pilose with ciliate margins, with a linear lamina up to c. 3 mm long; inner bracts similar, slightly smaller. Pseudanthia solitary, bisexual. Secondary bracts 2 (3) per pseudanthium, narrowly oblong, 2.0–2.9 mm long, truncate with erose-fimbriate (to almost entire) apices. Stamen free; anther 0.7–1.0 mm long. Carpels 6–10; styles free; papillae simple. Seed not seen.
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Environment

Grows on top of sandstone escarpments, in skeletal sandy soil with lateritic gravel among sandstone blocks, in low open shrubland, among grasses in sandy seepage areas.
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Distribution

Centrolepis racemosa world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77099161-1
WFO ID wfo-0000911950
COL ID 5XHX2
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Synonyms

Centrolepis racemosa