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Scientific Name
Centrolepis muscoides
Family Name
CENTROLEPIDACEAE
Common Name
Scented Centrolepis
Status
Height
0.05m - 0.1m (5-10cm) wide x (1-3cm) high
Flowers
stigma's crimson.
Fruit
Seed follicles
Form
A very small perennial herb with slender, short , erect, branched rhyzome, forming dense tufts.
Municipalities
Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Kentish; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; West Coast
Communities
Montane Vegetation; Sedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes
Tas., endemic, Central Highlands and Ben Lomond in marshy sub-alpine ground and shores of lakes subject to fluctuations of water level.
Site Tolerance
Exposed; Moist; Waterlogged
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
Soil Tolerance
Clay; Loam; Poor; Poorly-drained; Sandy
General Notes
Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
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Feb
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Sowing Months
Jan
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May
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Jul
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Cutting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
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Jul
Aug
Sep
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Nov
Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Each follicle has one seed which is released when it is mature
Seed Treatment Method
Standard
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Cutting Notes
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