- Reference
- Enum.Pl. 2:291 (1805)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.5-1.5 m high. Fl. brown, May to Nov. Mud, loam, clay, grey silt, often saline. Along watercourses, springs, swamps.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, McLarty, Mitchell, Pindanland, Roebourne, South Kimberley Interzone.
- IMCRA Regions
- Canning, Kimberley, Zuytdorp.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Karratha, Northampton, Wyndham-East Kimberley.