Uses: Formerly E. landsdowneana ssp. albopurpurea. Useful as a wind-break, screen or shelter tree in parks and reserves, or on wide median streets or highways.
Attracts nectar eating birds and insects and provides nesting sites for birds.
Requires well-drained soils.
Note: This species is classified schedule 2, Regulation 24.3 under the Sewerage Act and may be planted in any street or road in any drainage area provided they are not planted closer than 3.5 metres to any sewer main or connection. They should also not be planted closer than 3.5 metres to any sewer pipe in home gardens.

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

 
:EP: Eyre Peninsula
:KI: Kangaroo Island
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.