- Reference
- Fl.Ind.Occid. 1:200 (1797)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Alien to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Annual or perennial (short-lived), grass-like or herb, 0.4-0.9(-1.1) m high. Fl. purple, Feb or Apr to Oct. White or red sand, loam, black clay. Sand dunes, river levees.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Darwin Coastal, Great Sandy Desert, Indian Tropical Islands, Little Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Cape Range, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Trainor.
- IMCRA Regions
- Canning, Kimberley, King Sound.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Christmas Island, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Port Hedland, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.