Scientific Name: Centrolepis glabra

Common Name: smooth bristlewort

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Centrolepidaceae

Form Description: A slender, glabrous annual herb, laxly tufted. Leaves radical.

Height (m): 0.01 – 0.03

Fruit: Seed follicle – contains one seed.

Municipality
Central HighlandsClarenceDerwent ValleyNorthern Midlands
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine VegetationSedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Recorded from the Central Highlands and from the Midlands, on muddy shores of lakes and submerged in the shallow water of lagoons.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Waterlogged

Soil Tolerance

Clay, Loam, Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained, Sandy

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

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.