Killed by hot wildfires, this species grows to around 6m high. It occurs mainly on granite hills and ranges and along creek lines in the Central Range system straddling the NT, SA and WA. Bushfood: Pitjantjatjara people are reputed to eat the seed.
A 16-hectare botanic garden in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia, specialising in plants native to the arid central Australian region.
The Garden has over 600 central Australian plant species, including 145 occurring naturally and 40 rare or threatened.
The Olive Pink Botanic Garden acknowledges the Arrernte people as traditional owners of the land we work and grow on.
