- Reference
- Fl.S.Austral. 676 (1929)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tufted, short-lived perennial or annual, grass-like or herb (sedge), (0.01-)0.05-0.4 m high, fruiting axis narrowly to broadly winged; glumes 2-4 mm long, mucronate; stamens 3. Fl. brown-red, Apr to Nov. Clayey sand, red clay-loam. Along watercourses, on floodplains, in claypans and other damp habitats.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Merredin, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Carnarvon, Cue, East Pilbara, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Meekatharra, Menzies, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Perenjori, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo.