integrifolia was first collected at Botany Bay on 29 April 1770 by Sir Joseph Banks and Dr Daniel Solander, naturalists on the Endeavour during Lieutenant (later Captain) James Cook's first voyage to the Pacific Ocean.

This had the effect of promoting the autonym to subspecies rank also, thus creating B. integrifolia L.f. subsp.

integrifolia is generally found on infertile, sandy soils within 50 kilometres (30 mi) of the coast.

[7] Endemic to Australia, it occurs from around Bundaberg, Queensland south along the coast to Geelong, Victoria.

[9] There are records of collections on islands in Bass Strait, but it appears to be extinct there now.