- Reference
- Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 2:75 (1846)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Slender tufted annual, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.01-0.2 m high, glumes (1.2-)1.4-2 mm long; stamens 1(-2); style branches 3; nut with abaxial angle acute. Fl. green-brown, Apr or Jul to Nov. Black, grey or red clayey sand, loam, sandy clay, sometimes saline. Granite outcrops, creeks, claypans, winter-wet depressions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Carnegie, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lateritic Plain, Lesueur Sandplain, Mann-Musgrave Block, Mardabilla, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Nullarbor Plain, Perth, Recherche, Shield, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Trainor, Warren, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Armadale, Ashburton, Brookton, Broomehill-Tambellup, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Coorow, Corrigin, Cue, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Denmark, Dundas, East Pilbara, Esperance, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Katanning, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mingenew, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Murray, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northam, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Sandstone, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Victoria Plains, West Arthur, Westonia, Wickepin, Wiluna, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.