The species occurs in the North-Western, Nullarbor, Gairdner-Torrens, Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula and Murray regions, in open shrubland to low open woodland. Soils; mainly shallow compact loam, brown calcareous earths and crusty alkaline neutral red duplex. Rainfall 150-300 mm. Also W.Aust. and western N.S.W.