- Reference
- J.Linn.Soc.,Bot. 52:346 (1942)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Loosely caespitose perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.4-1 m high, with bulbous woolly base. Fl. purple, Dec or Jan to May or Sep to Oct. Red or calcareous sand, clay. Dunes, sandplains, creeklines, rocky hills, quartzite oucrops.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Tanami, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Maralinga, Roebourne, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Carnarvon, Cue, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.