- Reference
- Lam., Encycl. Suppl.4:619 (1816)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect to spreading annual or perennial, herb, 0.3-0.6 m high. Fl. green-yellow-cream, Jan to Nov. Sand, clay, stony soils.
Scientific Description
Perennial herbs or annuals, stems single, more or less erect, glabrous. Leaves present, (5-)10-60(-80) mm long, 0.3-0.8(-2) mm wide, glabrous; basal rosette absent or present; cauline leaves alternate. Spikes green or yellow, ovoid, cylindrical, hemispherical or spherical, solitary, with densely arranged flowers. Bracts (1.2-)1.5-1.7(-2.8) mm long, colourless, glabrous, not awned or mucronate, with an obscure midrib. Bracteoles 2.2-2.4(-5) mm long, colourless, glabrous, not awned or mucronate, with an obscure midrib. Outer tepals 6-9(-16) mm long, entire. Inner tepals 6-9(-15.5) mm long, glabrous within. Style 4.5-5(-12) mm long, sigmoid, obliquely fixed to ovary. Seeds 1.3-1.5(-2.1) mm long. Distribution: Northern and Eremaean Botanical Region; IBRA regions: Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plains, Victoria Bonaparte.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Cape Range, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert.
- IMCRA Regions
- Kimberley, Pilbara (nearshore).
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wyndham-East Kimberley.