- Reference
- Sp.Pl. 1:45 (1753)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tufted annual, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.05-0.7 m high, fruiting axis not winged; glumes 1.3-1.7 mm long, emarginate; stamens (2-)3. Fl. green-yellow/brown, Feb to Aug. Brown or red sand, red loam, alluvium. In claypans, along drainage lines and watercourses.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Darwin Coastal, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Trainor, Western Murchison.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.