- Reference
- London J.Bot. 2:419 (1843)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Caespitose perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.12-0.6 m high, with hairy, thickened base. Fl. Jan to Dec. Clay, loam, alluvium, grey sand, sometimes saline soils. Seasonally flooded habitats.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, 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, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Nullarbor Plain, Roebourne, Rudall, Southern Cross, South Kimberley Interzone, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, Dundas, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Sandstone, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.