- Reference
- Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 229 (1810)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tufted, erect annual or perennial, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.4-1.3 m high. Damp sand, red soils, quartzite or laterite gravel. Seasonally damp areas, beside lakes and swamps.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Darwin Coastal, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Berkeley, Fitzroy Trough, Keep, Mackay, McLarty, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Wyndham-East Kimberley.