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Pointed Centrolepis

Centrolepis aristata

Pointed Centrolepis
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Family
Restionaceae (Restion family)
Grows as
Annual
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
S. & SE. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Centrolepis aristata, commonly known as pointed centrolepis, is a species of plant in the Restionaceae family and is found in areas of southern Australia.

Where it grows

It is found among rocky outcrops and in winter wet depressions in the Mid West, Wheatbelt, South West, Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in damp sandy-clay-loam soils over granite. In South Australia it is found along much of the south coast, all of the Eyre Peninsula and Yorke Peninsula, through all of the southeast and as far north as the Flinders Ranges. The plant is also found in New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania.

Other Centrolepis plants

Centrolepis alepyroides · Centrolepis banksii · Centrolepis caespitosa · Centrolepis cephaloformis · Centrolepis ciliata · Centrolepis curta · Centrolepis drummondiana · Centrolepis eremica · Centrolepis exserta · Centrolepis fascicularis · Smooth Centrolepis · Centrolepis humillima

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Centrolepis aristata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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