- Reference
- Gard.Dict. Ed.8 (1768)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Mixed (Native in Part of Range, Naturalised Elsewhere)
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate & spreading annual or perennial, herb, 0.1-1 m high, to 2 m wide. Fl. pink, Jan to Aug or Oct or Dec. Sandy soils, clay, alluvium.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Indian Tropical Islands, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Hart, Katanning, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Merredin, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Northern Jarrah Forest, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Shield, Southern Cross, South Kimberley Interzone, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Kimberley, North West Shelf, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore), Shark Bay.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Chittering, Cocos Islands, Coorow, Corrigin, Cue, Cunderdin, Derby-West Kimberley, Dowerin, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Laverton, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Perenjori, Port Hedland, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Victoria Plains, Wiluna, Wyalkatchem, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.