- Reference
- Sp.Pl. [Linnaeus] 2:832-833 (1753)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Alien to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect annual, herb, 0.1-0.9(-1.5) m high. Fl. yellow, Mar to Sep. Alluvium, clay, loam over sandstone, limestone. Along rivers & creeks, coastal areas, rocky hillsides.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Keep, Mann-Musgrave Block, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Canning, Kimberley.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Port Hedland, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.