- Reference
- Prodr. 7:783 (1839)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Reed-like perennial, herb, 0.1-0.8 m high, Leaves tufted, narrowly oblanceolate, 0.75-4 cm long, 0.7-2 mm wide, apex subacute to acute, margin entire, glabrous or minutely papillose. Scape glabrous at base and along length, inflorescence axis glandular. Inflorescence racemose. Fl. cream/pink, Sep to Nov. Sand or clayey sand over laterite. Upper slopes. Jarrah, Wandoo or Banksia woodland, mallee heath or shrubland.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Armadale, Bayswater, Beverley, Boddington, Carnamah, Chittering, Cockburn, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Gosnells, Kalamunda, Melville, Mundaring, Murray, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Toodyay, Wandering, Wanneroo, York.