- Reference
- Proc.Roy.Soc.Queensland 52:56 (1941)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect to spreading annual, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.05-0.15 m high, spikelets in a simple umbel or rarely solitary; stamens 3; nuts transversely ridged. Fl. brown, Feb to Apr. Red loam, sand, brown clay. Along watercourses, in depressions, rockholes.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara.
- IBRA Subregions
- Augustus, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Mann-Musgrave Block, Purnululu, Roebourne, Trainor.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Cue, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Mount Magnet, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Wiluna.