Botanical name

Centella rupestris

Family

Apiaceae

Status

Vulnerable

Centella rupestris
Centella rupestris
Centella rupestris
Centella rupestris
Centella rupestris

Description

Woody perennial up to 25cm, stems with persistent, scale-like leaf bases. Leaves mostly sessile, linear to narrowly-oblong, slightly succulent. Flowers yellowish.

Fruit depressed-ovate, shorter than bracts.

Latin: rupes = rock, cliff, -estris = indicates place of growth; referring to the plants habitat, mostly amongst rocks.

Habitat

Sandstone slopes, often amongst rocks

Flower Date

August to February