- Reference
- Biblioth.Bot. 22(89):632-633 (1921)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rambling, spindly, erect herb (with pink stems), to 0.3 m high. Fl. Aug to Sep. Skeletal gritty red-brown soil with rocks and gravel, red alluvial clay loam, cracking clay, sandstone. Along breakaway and scree slopes, drainage lines, ridges, sump areas.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Roebourne, Rudall, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Carnarvon, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna.