 "A ramulosa" is native to a large area of arid parts of Australia.It is found in southern Queensland, western New South Wales, the southern parts of the Northern Territory, northern and central South Australia and the Goldfields and the Mid West regions of Western Australia, often occurring in red sandy and loamy sandy soils in swales.It is also found on shallow stony soils among with outcrops of laterite and can form dominant stands on the southern and eastern ends of its range.