- Reference
- Sp.Pl. [Linnaeus] Ed.2,1:175 (1762)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect to spreading annual, herb, 0.1-0.6 m high. Fl. red-brown, May to Sep. Alluvium, sandy loam, clay. Edges of creeks & rivers, seasonally wet depressions, mud flats.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Wyndham-East Kimberley.