- Reference
- Trans.& Proc.Roy.Soc.South Australia 54:59 (1930)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tussock-forming perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.45-2 m high, panicle spiciform, spikelet linear, blunt, lemma minutely lobed. Fl. Aug to Oct. White alluvium, rocky loam, red sand. Stony hills, watercourses.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Tanami.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Central, Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Roebourne, Rudall, Tanami Desert, Western Murchison.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Meekatharra, Murchison, Port Hedland, Wiluna.