Leaves (5–)12–25 mm long, ± erect, straight, thread-like and reddish, glabrous. Inflorescence borne on an axis 2–25(–40 )mm long, hence flowers mostly held above the leaves; bracts glabrous. Lower bract with a narrow, papery basal sheath 2–3.8 mm long, tapering into a straight lamina 0.4–3 mm long. Upper bract with a narrow, papery basal sheath 2–3 mm long; lamina not distinct from sheath; apex acute. Inflorescence units 3 or 4 per head-like cluster. Stamens (absent or) 1 per inflorescence unit, fused at base to each axis bearing carpels. Carpels 3–7(–8) in subopposite to alternate pairs; styles c. 1–1.8 mm long, almost or totally free. Flowers Sep.–Dec.
LoM, MuM, Wim, GleP, VVP, VRiv, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, NIS. Also WA, SA, NSW, Tas. Grows on damp sandy soil.
Source:
Conn, B.J. (1994). Centrolepidaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 190–196. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
