Common in the Eyre Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula, Flinders Ranges, Northern and Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, South-Eastern, Murray and Eastern regions, mainly associated with woodland and open scrub. Soils; on a variety of soils mainly shallow calcareous sandy alkaline yellow duplex or hard neutral yellow duplex. Rainfall 200-700 mm. Also N.S.W. and Vic. (Source: Whibley & Symon 1992)