- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 11:87 (1998)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect or ascending annual, herb, to 0.3(-0.6) m high, bracts less than 6.5 mm long; staminal filaments forming tube shorter than the fruit. Fl. pink-purple, Mar to Aug. Loamy sand, sandy clay, red stony sand. Woodlands on alluvial flats, shrubland, hummock grassland on sandplains.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert, Pilbara.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, Pindanland, Roebourne, Trainor.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, East Pilbara, Karratha, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna.