- Reference
- Bot.Jahrb.Syst. 1:169 (1880)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect to prostrate, sometimes aquatic annual, herb, 0.07-0.2 m high. Fl. pink-red/white, Mar to Aug. Sand, silt, clay. Edges of billabongs, creeks & rivers, sometimes submerged in pools.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Berkeley, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Lateritic Plain, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, Tanami Desert, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Kimberley.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wyndham-East Kimberley.