- Reference
- Syn.Pl.Glumac. 1:266 (1854)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tufted, prostrate annual, grass-like or herb, (0.03-)0.14-0.7(-1) m high. Fl. green/purple, Jan to Dec. Variety of soils. Widespread in seasonally wet, sometimes saline sites.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Darwin Coastal, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Indian Tropical Islands, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, Tanami Desert, Timor Sea Coral Islands, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Canning, Kimberley, North West Shelf, Pilbara (offshore).
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.