刺鳞草属（学名：Centrolepis）是刺鳞草科下的一个属，为簇生、矮小草本植物。该属共有25种，分布于大洋洲和东亚。

Centrolepis is a genus of small herbaceous plants in the family Centrolepidaceae known as thorn grass scales, with about 25 species native to Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and south-east Asia as far north as Hainan Dao.

Centrolepis species are all tufted plants with narrow leaves from the base. Flowers are tiny and wind-pollinated, in highly condensed inflorescences enclosed between a pair of bracts that often have leaf-like points.