Endemic to S.Aust. in Eyre Peninsula (northern part) and the Gairdner-Torrens regions, found on rocky hillsides and ridges, in tall open shrubland or low open woodland associated with <I>Acacia aneura</I>, <I>A. cibaria</I> and <I>A. papyrocarpa</I>. Soils; shallow compact loam, hard alkaline red duplex, brown calcareous earths. Rainfall 200-350 mm.