Citation: Mattei in Borzi, Contr. Biol. Veg. 4:237 (1909).

Synonymy: E. brownii (Kunth)Nees ex Steudel var. patens Benth., Fl. Aust. 7:647 (1878); E. rata Domin, Biblthca Bot. 85:395 (1915); E. philippica Jedwabn., Bot. Archiv 5:191 (1924); E. brownii sensu Jessop in J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 194 (1978).

Common name: Common lovegrass.

Description:
Perennial 11-60 cm high, compactly tufted near the glabrous unthickened base; culms simple, 2- or 3-noded; leaves mostly glabrous and smooth; blades flat and 1.5-2.5 mm wide or convolute, scabrous on the upper surface and the thickened margins, sometimes pilose near the ligule with filiform hairs to 5 mm long.

Grain laterally compressed, oblong or narrowly ovate.

Published illustration: Burbidge (1966) Australian grasses 1:pl. 8; Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 98.

Distribution:    All mainland States. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Aug. — April.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Uses: Not regarded as economically significant.

Author: Not yet available