- Reference
- Bull.Misc.Inform.Kew, Addit.Ser. Ser.8:13 (1908)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rhizomatous and tuberous, caespitose, colonial perennial, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.3-1 m high. Fl. brown, Jan to Aug. Red or grey sandy loam, black clay. Stream banks, swamps.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, McLarty, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Canning.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Leonora, Meekatharra, Murchison, Port Hedland, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wyndham-East Kimberley.