- Reference
- Syn.Pl.Glumac. 1:279 (1854)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tussock-forming, often glaucous or pruinose perennial, grass-like or herb, (0.15-)0.3-1.4 m high. Red sand, clay, loam, alluvium. In or near watercourses, floodplains, seasonally wet areas.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Indian Tropical Islands, Little Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Keep, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mitchell, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Tanami Desert, Trainor.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Meekatharra, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.