Scientific Name: Centrolepis aristata

Common Name: pointed bristlewort

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Centrolepidaceae

Form Description: A slender annual herb; the most robust of the Tasmanian species of Centrolepis. Forming only small tufts and very variable in size. A dwarf form has been given varietal status.

Height (m): 0.01 – 0.04

Fruit: Seed follicle – contains one seed.

Municipality
Break O’DayBrightonBurnieCentral HighlandsClarenceDerwent ValleyDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayHobartHuon ValleyKing IslandKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSorellSouthern MidlandsTasmanWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Coastal VegetationSedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Frequent in moist, sandy places; recorded from Furneaux, north-east and east coast.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Waterlogged, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Poorly-drained, Sandy, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Tender

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Impractical Propagation material is too difficult to collect or conditions for propagation or cultivation are too specialized.

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed is released when it is mature.