Restricted to a small local area in the South-Eastern region mainly in the Woods and Forests Department area between Millicent and Mount Gambier. Associated with <I>Eucalyptus baxteri</I> in open scrub vegetation with heath understorey, often in damp situations. Soils: mainly shallow red-brown sandy, shallow dark cracking clays. Rainfall c. 700-800 mm. Also Qld, N.S.W., Vic. and Tas.