- Reference
- Prodr. 175 (1810)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, to 0.5 m high. Fl. purple/green, Oct to Dec. Red or yellow sand, brown sandy gravelly clay, laterite loam, granite. Rocky headlands, outcrops, plains, slopes, hills, valley floors, ridges.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Nullarbor, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Nullarbor Plain, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Armadale, Beverley, Brookton, Cranbrook, Cunderdin, Dandaragan, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Gosnells, Jerramungup, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Mundaring, Narrogin, Northampton, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Toodyay, Wagin, Wandering, West Arthur, Wickepin, Woodanilling, York.