This species occurs in the North-Western, Nullarbor, Gairdner-Torrens, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula, Murray, Yorke Peninsula (northern part) and Southern Lofty regions, associated with open scrub or low woodland. Soils; brown calcareous earths, hard alkaline duplex, shallow calcareous loamy and sandy alkaline yellow duplex. Rainfall 200-350 mm. Also W.Aust., N.T., N.S.W. and Vic.