- Reference
- Natuurk.Verh.Holl.Maatsch.Wetensch.Haarlem 2(3):9-14 (1944)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Densely tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.3-1.5 m high. Fl. green, Jan to Jun. White sand, red clay, lateritic loam.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, McLarty, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Tanami Desert, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Pilbara (offshore).
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Murchison, Port Hedland, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.