- Reference
- Enum.Pl.Austral.Occ. 12 (1930)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tufted perennial, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.3-0.7(-1) m high. Fl. yellow-brown, Mar to Aug. Stony, red sand, red clay, quartzite outcrops. Rocky hills, on ledges, in gullies.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Chichester, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Keep, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mitchell, Pentecost, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Trainor.
- IMCRA Regions
- Pilbara (nearshore).
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Karratha, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.