- Reference
- Syst.Veg. 2:150 (1817)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tufted annual, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.1-0.4 m high, glumes 1.5-2 mm long, appressed to antrorse; anthers 0.5-0.7 mm long. Fl. brown/white, Jan to Feb or May to Oct. Sand, clay, alluvium. In and along watercourses, margins of permanent pools.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Berkeley, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Keep, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, South Kimberley Interzone, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Kimberley.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Wyndham-East Kimberley.