- Reference
- Enum.Pl. 2:287 (1805)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Shortly rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.03-0.6 m high. Fl. brown, Feb to Oct. Red or rocky basaltic loam, sand, granite, sometimes saline. Creek banks, claypans, granite outcrops, stony hillsides.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Augustus, Berkeley, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Murchison.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.