- Reference
- Ann.Soc.Linn.Lyon 70:87 (1924)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Compact, tufted annual, grass-like or herb, 0.2-0.6 m high. Fl. green/purple, Apr to Jul. Red or grey-yellow sand, loam, alluvium. Sandstone hills, sandplains.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Keep, Mackay, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Trainor.
- IMCRA Regions
- Canning, Kimberley.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Meekatharra, Port Hedland, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.