#centrolepis

First formally described by the botanist Robert Brown in 1817.

A restiad found in the southern parts of the Australian mainland, and more widely in Tasmania.

A tufted annual herb that typically grows to a height of 2 to 20 centimetres, starting out bright green colour and turning reddish after it flowers. It usually grows in winter-wet depressions and among rocky outcrops, and most often in soil over granite.