Scientific Name: Gaimardia amblyphylla Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: bluntleaf pincushion

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Centrolepidaceae

Form Description: Loosely tufted perennial herb with slightly rounded or square leaf tips, forming small fan-shaped groups from the base of the plant.

Flowers: Flowers in spikes on the end of the flowering stems, which are slightly longer than the leaves.

Fruit: Capsule – golden yellow with dark tips, 0.8mm long, egg-shaped; dehiscent.

Municipality
Derwent ValleyHuon ValleyWest Coast
Plant Communities
No data available for this species
Habitat Notes

In sandy marshy areas in the south-west, often in buttongrass heathland.

General Notes

Requires alpine boggy conditions.

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Propagation Method
Impractical Propagation material is too difficult to collect or conditions for propagation or cultivation are too specialized.

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Probably propagated from seed.