- Reference
- Fragm. 1:200 (1859)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tufted annual, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.05-0.4 m high, inflorescence of 3-many acute spikelets; axis prominently winged; glumes 1-1.5mm long; stamens 1(-2). Fl. brown, Feb to Jul. Brown clayey sand, clay, alluvium, red loam. Claypans, swamps, along watercourses and drainage lines.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Little 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, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Trainor.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.