- Reference
- Novon 10:133 (2000)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, caespitose rhizomatous, perennial, herb (sedge), to 1 m high, to 0.8 m wide. Fl. brown/cream, Oct to Dec or Jan. Bare white calcareous sand, dark sandy clay, granite, limestone. Coastal dunes, flats, seasonally-wet swamplands, shores of salt lakes.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Hampton, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Mallee, Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Hampton, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Bayswater, Belmont, Bunbury, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Carnamah, Claremont, Cockburn, Cottesloe, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Jerramungup, Joondalup, Mandurah, Manjimup, Melville, Murray, Northampton, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Shark Bay, South Perth, Stirling, Swan, Three Springs, Wanneroo, Waroona, York.