- Reference
- Bot.Jahrb.Syst. 68:382-383 (1937)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Monoecious, weak decumbent to erect perennial, herb, 0.1-0.7(-1) m high, to 1.1 m wide. Variety of soils, often saline. Claypans, salt lakes, subcoastal dunes, floodplains, rocky hillsides.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Katanning, Lateritic Plain, Mann-Musgrave Block, Merredin, Nullarbor Plain, Roebourne, Rudall, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore).
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Cue, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dundas, East Pilbara, Esperance, Exmouth, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Karratha, Kellerberrin, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Perenjori, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Tammin, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.