- Reference
- Fragm. 5:205 (1866)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tufted, short lived annual or perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.15-0.5 m high. Fl. green-purple, mainly Apr to Oct. Red or calcareous sand, loam, clay. Sand dunes, creeks, sandplains.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Merredin, Pindanland, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna.