- Reference
- Hort.Berol. 2:209 (1833)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Alien to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tufted annual, grass-like or herb, 0.2-0.6(-0.9) m high. Fl. green/purple, Feb to Jul. Black sand, black clay. Near watercourses and swamps.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, McLarty, Merredin, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Perth, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert.
- IMCRA Regions
- Canning, Central West Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Bayswater, Broome, Cunderdin, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Gosnells, Halls Creek, Karratha, Port Hedland, Stirling, Subiaco, Upper Gascoyne, Wyndham-East Kimberley.