- Reference
- Fl.Austral. 7:648 (1878)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Caespitose perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.1-0.6 m high, with bulbous, woolly base. Fl. green/purple, Mar to Sep. Red or white sand, clay, calcareous loam, sandstone, alluvium.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Dune Field, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Maralinga, McLarty, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, South Kimberley Interzone, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Canning, Pilbara (nearshore).
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.