Seen in eucalyptus forests and woodlands, often by creeks and usually not far from the sea.

It grows in moderate to high rainfall areas such as Royal and Lamington National Parks.

Growing as far from the coast as Yarrowitch, Megalong Valley and Braidwood in New South Wales.

[2] The specific epithet obtusifolium is from Latin, and it refers to the blunt leaves.

This plant first appeared in the scientific literature in 1810, in the Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae, authored by the prolific Scottish botanist, Robert Brown.