- Reference
- Prodr. 416 (1810)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect annual or perennial, herb, 0.1-0.9 m high. Fl. pink-white-purple, Feb to Sep. Sandy, clayey or skeletal soils, laterite. Woodland, rocky slopes, coastal dunes, disturbed areas.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Augustus, Cape Range, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Bonaparte Gulf, Kimberley, Pilbara (nearshore).
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wyndham-East Kimberley.