 The specific epithet ("rosacea") is from the Latin word "rosaceus", meaning "like the flower of a single rose", referring to the frequently pink colour of the flowers and bark.This mallee grows in low, open mallee shrubland in yellow or red sandy soils east of Laverton and Queen Victoria Spring to the edge of the Great Victoria Desert.This eucalypt is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.