Uses: A fast growing medium shrub suitable for an informal hedge or screen in wider nature strips, parks, and reserves or planted singly in mixed native landscapes. Foliage has a rusty tinge at flowering. Requires well-drained soils. Food source and habitat for birds.
Cultural uses: Indigenous peoples used for food, medicine, implements (boomerangs, shields), adhesive (canoe sealant).
Note: This species is provisionally classified schedule 1, Regulation 24.2 under the Sewerage Act. Written approval is required prior to planting in streets or roads. It should not be planted closer than two metres to any sewer main or connection.

This plant is indigenous to the following botanical regions of South Australia.

 
:GT: Gairdner-Torrens   
:FR: Flinders Rangers  
:EA: Eastern   
:EP: Eyre Peninsula
:NL: Northern Lofty
:MU: Murray
:YP: Yorke Peninsula
:SL: Southern Lofty
:SE: South Eastern
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.