Citation: J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 55:136 (1931).

Synonymy: E. interrupta P. Beauv. var. densiflora J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 48:253 (1924), not E. densiflora Rendle, Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. 2.244 (1899).

Common name: Spike lovegrasss .

Description:
Annual (often ephemeral), 21-30 (rarely 16-60) cm high, leafy near the base; culms erect or ascending, usually branched, 1- or 2-noded; leaves glabrous and mostly smooth; blades flat, to 3.3 mm wide; ligule membranous, 0.3-0.5 mm long, fimbriate or ciliolate or lacerated.

Grain subulate or narrowly ovoid-ellipsoid, smooth.

Published illustration: Lazarides (1970) The grasses of Central Australia, pl. 36c; Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 99.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: LE.   Flowers: May (1 record). Conservation status: native Flowering time: No flowering time is available

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

Biology: No text

Uses: Of no grazing value.

Author: Not yet available