- Reference
- Bot.Antarct.Voy.III.(Fl.Tasman.) xlvi (1859)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Perennial, herb (or many-stemmed subshrub), to 0.9 m high. Red pindan soils, yellow-brown sand, alluvium, red loam, black or red clay, granite, sandstone, basalt, laterite, limestone. Steep rocky slopes, hills and ridges, river banks and creeklines, edge of beach.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Berkeley, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Keep, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu.
- IMCRA Regions
- Canning, Kimberley.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.