- Reference
- Fl.Aegypt.-Arab. 178 (1775)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.3-2 m high. Fl. red-brown/purple, Jan to Dec. Sand, clay, alluvium, lateritic gravel, granite, basalt. Claypans, creeks, savannas.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Hampton, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Victoria Bonaparte, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Hampton, Hart, Katanning, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Northern Jarrah Forest, Pentecost, Perth, Purnululu, Recherche, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Jarrah Forest, South Kimberley Interzone, Trainor, Warren, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast, Kimberley, Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Armadale, Ashburton, Augusta Margaret River, Boddington, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Busselton, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Chittering, Coolgardie, Cue, Dandaragan, Dardanup, Derby-West Kimberley, Dundas, East Pilbara, Esperance, Exmouth, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Harvey, Jerramungup, Kalamunda, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Katanning, Laverton, Leonora, Manjimup, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mundaring, Murchison, Nannup, Narrogin, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Plantagenet, Port Hedland, Ravensthorpe, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Toodyay, Upper Gascoyne, Wandering, Waroona, West Arthur, Williams, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley, York.