- Reference
- Fl.Austral. 7:649 (1878)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Sometimes rhizomatous, caespitose, wiry perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.14-0.7 m high. Fl. green/purple, Apr to Sep. Sand, clay, grey loam, often saline soils. Saline flats, salt lakes, floodplains, saline sandy rises.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Tanami, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Maralinga, McLarty, Merredin, Mitchell, Northern Jarrah Forest, Nullarbor Plain, Pindanland, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Canning, Kimberley, Pilbara (nearshore).
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Esperance, Exmouth, Goomalling, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northam, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.