 The mallee is part of the tree heath community found in Shark Bay at the overlap of the South West botanical province and the Eremaean botanical province.Associated species include "Eucalyptus beardiana", "Grevillea rogersoniana", "Acacia drepanophylla", "Banksia ashbyi" and "Grevillea rogersoniana".The plant is fast-growing and is wind-, drought- and frost-tolerant.