Dwarf Aphelia - native (Aphelia pumilio)

Dwarf Aphelia is a tiny grass-like plant, that grows on wet soil e.g. on shallow depressions.

Family: Centrolepidaceae (Centrolepis family).

Identification:

• it grows to only a few centimetres high
• the flower clusters are not turned to one side (comapared with the similar Slender Aphelia in which the flower clusters are turned to one side).

It has a general appearance of a tiny sedge. It is seldom seen in drought years.

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