''Centrolepis drummondiana'' is a species of plant in the
Restionaceae
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family and is found in Western Australia.
The annual herb has a tufted habit and typically grows to a height of . It blooms between September and November.
It is found among
granite
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outcrops, growing amongst mosses and in wet areas in the
Mid West
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,
Wheatbelt,
South West
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,
Great Southern and
Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy-clay soils.
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References
drummondiana
Plants described in 1849
Flora of Western Australia
Poales of Australia
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