- Reference
- Natuurk.Verh.Holl.Maatsch.Wetensch.Haarlem 2(3):51-55 (1944)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.3-1.5 m high. Fl. green/purple, Oct to Dec or Jan to Aug. Black clay, loam, sand. Along watercourses.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, McLarty, Mitchell, Pentecost, Purnululu, Roebourne, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert.
- IMCRA Regions
- Kimberley.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.