- Reference
- J.Linn.Soc.,Bot. 52:345 (1942)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.4-0.9 m high. Fl. purple, Dec or Jan to Sep. Clay. Along watercourses, claypans, low-lying, waterlogged or seasonally flooded sites.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Tanami, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, McLarty, Roebourne, Shield, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Pilbara (nearshore).
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Laverton, Meekatharra, Murchison, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo.