- Reference
- Enum.Pl. 2:342-343 (1805)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tuberous, perennial, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.08-0.4 m high, with bulbous rootstock. Fl. brown, Jan to Jun. White, grey-brown or red sand, loam, saline.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Cape Range, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Roebourne, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Canning, Ningaloo, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore), Shark Bay.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Laverton, Meekatharra, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Shark Bay, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.