- Reference
- Enum.Pl. 395 (1805)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Alien to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, tussocky, stoloniferous perennial, herb or grass-like, to 0.5 m high. Fl. cream-purple, Apr to May. Brown sands, red loam, pindan soils. Sand dunes, plains, rangelands, stony hillsides, floodplains.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Shield, Tanami Desert, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Pilbara (offshore), Shark Bay.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Laverton, Meekatharra, Mount Magnet, Northampton, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.