- Reference
- Descr.Icon.Rar.Pl. 20 (1773)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Spreading or almost prostrate, tufted annual, grass-like or herb (sedge), c. 0.05 m high, spikelets in dense head surrounded by 3 or more long involucral bracts; stamens 1-2. Fl. green-brown, Jul to Aug. Red sandy loam, silt. Along watercourses, claypans.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Cape Range, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Keep, McLarty, Mitchell, Roebourne.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.