- Reference
- Hooker's Icon.Pl. 34:Tab.3364,6 (1939)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tufted annual, grass-like or herb, 1-3 m high. Fl. brown-black, Jan to Aug. Clay, red or beach sand, sandstone, limestone. Claypans, swamps, lakes, coastal beaches, stony gullies.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Berkeley, Fitzroy Trough, Hart, Keep, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, South Kimberley Interzone.
- IMCRA Regions
- Canning, Kimberley.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.