Caespitose perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.15-0.9 m high, with woolly bulbous base. Fl. purple, Jul to Oct. Red sand or sandy loam, clay. Sandplains & sand dunes.
Beard’s Provinces: Eremaean Province, South-West Province.
IBRA Regions: Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions: Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs): Carnarvon, Cue, East Pilbara, Greater Geraldton, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo.
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