- Reference
- Bull.Misc.Inform.Kew 449 (1934)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Caespitose perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.15-0.9 m high, with woolly bulbous base. Fl. purple, Jul to Oct. Red sand or sandy loam, clay. Sandplains & sand dunes.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnarvon, Cue, East Pilbara, Greater Geraldton, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo.