Accession #: 200900002
Accession Date: 2009-02-18
Common name: Hairy Centrolepis
Family: Centrolepidaceae
Synonym(s):
Country of Origin: Australia
Description: The 'flowers' of Centrolepis, once thought to be bisexual, are now considered to be reduced inflorescences or "pseudanthia", cymose structures consisting of one (sometimes two) male flowers and two to many female flowers, all flowers being reduced to either one stamen or one carpel.
Uses:
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USDA Zone:
Source: ?? ex Sydney 1991 Index Seminum #12
Provenance:
Sydney 1991 Index Seminum #12
Spence Road, between Government Road and Judd St, Berkshire Park, NSW, Australia
Restrictions:
Culture:
Plant in bog mix, pot sitting in water.