- Reference
- Prodr. 213 (1810)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Shortly rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.3-2 m high. Fl. green-brown, Feb to Nov. Sand, clay, alluvium, limestone rocks. Along watercourses.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Sandy Desert, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Victoria Bonaparte, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Hart, Katanning, Keep, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Northern Jarrah Forest, Pentecost, Perth, Purnululu, Roebourne, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Ningaloo.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Beverley, Broome, Carnarvon, Cunderdin, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Upper Gascoyne, Wandering, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Yalgoo.