- Reference
- Ess.Agrostogr. 132,165,178 (1812)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.7-3 m high. Fl. yellow-brown, Jan to Aug or Oct. Sand, clay, loam, alluvium. Swamps, claypans, watercourses, waterholes, valleys.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Berkeley, Cape Range, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Mackay, McLarty, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Canning, Kimberley, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore).
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.