Derivation: Greek eremos, solitary - as in deserts.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Small shrubs, tomentose all over with dendritic or stellate hairs; leaves alternate, sessile, entire, fleshy, the floral ones often clustered.

Flowers solitary or in triads, bisexual; perianth 5-lobed; stamens 5; fruiting perianth woody and becoming embedded in the woody branch axis; spines initially 5, arising from the base of the perianth lobes but in E. spinosa fusing irregularly; seed and radicle erect; perisperm central.

Infructescence persistent.

Distribution:  2 species endemic to Australia.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available