- Reference
- Prodr. 248 (1810)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rhizomatous, erect or flexuose, caespitose perennial, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.4-0.7 m high, rhizomes buried up to 5 cm deep. Fl. May to Oct. Sand or peaty sand. Dry or seasonally wet sites, valleys.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Bayswater, Belmont, Beverley, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Broomehill-Tambellup, Bunbury, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Chittering, Cockburn, Collie, Coorow, Corrigin, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Cunderdin, Dandaragan, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Harvey, Irwin, Jerramungup, Kalamunda, Kent, Kwinana, Mandurah, Manjimup, Melville, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Narrogin, Northampton, Perth, Plantagenet, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, South Perth, Stirling, Swan, Tammin, Three Springs, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Vincent, Wagin, Wandering, Wanneroo, Waroona, West Arthur, Wickepin, Wongan-Ballidu, York.