 "glabra" prefers sand plain.Subspecies "filiformis" is mainly found in the Hamersley Range but isolated populations occur in the Central Ranges, Gibson Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara and Tanami biogeographic regions.All three subspecies of "E. latrobei" are classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.