- Reference
- Suppl.Black's Fl.S.Austral. 136 (1965)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Semi-erect or sprawling perennial, herb (sometimes woody at base), to 0.3 m high, with red stems. Fl. white/other/red, Feb to Mar or May to Aug or Oct. Red sandy or loamy soils, alluvium, gravel, limestone, ironstone. Floodplains, rocky hills, flat terrain, wash areas.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Cape Range, Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mitchell, Roebourne, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Wooramel.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wyndham-East Kimberley.