Introduced from eastern States. A garden escape in parts of the Southern Lofty region, mainly in the Adelaide Hills area, also in the South-Eastern region around the Penola-Mount Gambier area. Soils; sandy neutral yellow duplex and hard neutral red duplex. Rainfall approx 700-1 200 mm. Also Qld, N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic. and Tas.