- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 10:474 (1997)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tussock-forming resinous perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.6-2.1 m high, glumes aristulate, much longer than body of spikelet. Fl. Aug to Oct or Jan to Mar. Red sandy soils. Sandplains, red sand dunes.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Central, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Maralinga, McLarty, Pindanland, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor.
- IMCRA Regions
- Canning.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Laverton, Meekatharra, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Wiluna.