- Reference
- J.Linn.Soc.,Bot. 41:281 (1912)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tufted rhizomatous, perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.15-0.5 m high. Clay, red loam or sandy or clayey loam. Floodplains, claypans, river beds, grassland plains.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Mann-Musgrave Block, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore).
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna.