Small occurrence on the Eyre Peninsula and Murray region in open scrub associated with Eucalyptus socialis and E. gracilis. Soils; hard alkaline red duplex or grey-brown calcareous loam. A collection of this species has recently (1991) been made from Franklyn Station, 15 km east of Terowie. This is a wide disjunction from other known localities. Rainfall 300-400 mm. Also N.S.W. Cultivation. Not known in cultivation.