Citation: F. Muell., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 5:250 (1890).

Synonymy: E. submersum Tate, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 23:191 (1899), nom. illegit.; E. tatei Ruhland in Engl., Pflanzenr. 4, 30:117 (1903).

Common name: Salt pipeworl.

Description:
Scapes 3-8 cm high, leaves in radical tufts, lanceolate, flat, striate, 2-6 cm long, 2-8 mm broad in the lower part, always shorter than the scapes, heads small, globular, c. 4 mm diam., glabrous, the floral bracts pale, ovate, scarious, shining; female flowers within the lower bracts and consisting of 2 boat-shaped keeled scarious sepals, 3 white nearly flat oblong petals with a dark gland near the summit and a 3-celled ovary with a 2-branched style; male flowers of 2 narrower channelled sepals and 3 small hyaline petals at the summit ol a short stalk, which also supports the 6 stamens.

Capsule globular, shining.

Distribution:  Grows in shallow springs.   N.S.W. (1 record and believed to be extinct). Conservation status: native Flowering time: Aug. — Oct.

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

Biology: Not Applicable

Author: Not yet available