- Reference
- Syst.Veg. 2:106 (1817)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, caespitose rhizomatous, annual or perennial, grass-like or herb (sedge), to 0.3 m high, spikelets +/- terete; flowers usually all with 3 stamens and 3 style branches; nut usually 3-angled. Fl. green-brown, Jun to Dec or Jan to Feb. Dark peaty or clay loam, sandy clay, silt, saline soils, granite. Swamps, pools, estuary margins, seepage areas, winter-wet depressions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Mallee, Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Mardabilla, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Warren, Western Mallee.
- IMCRA Regions
- Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Beverley, Boyup Brook, Bruce Rock, Bunbury, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Chittering, Claremont, Cockburn, Coorow, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Dundas, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Harvey, Jerramungup, Kalamunda, Katanning, Kojonup, Kondinin, Mandurah, Manjimup, Melville, Merredin, Murray, Nannup, Narrogin, Northam, Northampton, Perenjori, Perth, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Shark Bay, South Perth, Stirling, Swan, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Wanneroo, Waroona, West Arthur, Westonia, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling, Yilgarn, York.