- Reference
- Cent.Pl. 2:6 (1756)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tufted annual, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.05-0.7 m high, spikelets 3-8 mm wide, arranged in clusters; glumes c. 0.6 mm long, almost truncate; stamens 1 or 2. Fl. green-brown-black, Feb or May to Sep. Sand, black or red clay, brown loam. Along watercourses.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Darwin Coastal, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Carnegie, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Purnululu, Roebourne, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Kimberley.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.