- Reference
- Prodr. 227 (1810)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tufted annual, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.1-0.4(-0.5) m high, stamens (2-)3; style flat, 2-branched, style base glabrous or ciliolate; nut biconvex. Fl. green-brown, Feb to Aug. Brown clay, sand, gravelly laterite. Seepage areas, swamps, along watercourses.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Darwin Coastal, Gascoyne, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Augustus, Berkeley, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Keep, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, South Kimberley Interzone, Western Murchison.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Meekatharra, Menzies, Upper Gascoyne, Wyndham-East Kimberley.