Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Dodonaea camfieldii

Flowering stems (male). Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Morton National Park

Stems with seed cases. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Morton National Park

Australian Plant Image Photographer Don Wood, south of Nowra

Shrub. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Braidwood to Nowra Road

Common name

 A Hop-bush

Family

Sapindaceae

Where found

Forest and heath. Coast and ranges north from Sussex Inlet.

Notes

Shrub to 1 m high, spreading, often prostrate. Leaves alternating along the stems, 1–3.5 cm long, 2–8 mm wide, hairless or sparsely hairy, margins sometimes irregularly toothed, bases extending into wings on the stems. Flowers male, female, or bisexual. Flowers with 0 petals, and 4, rarely 5, sepals, 2–3 mm long, falling early. Flowers single or paired.. Seed case 4-winged, 10–15.5 mm long, 9–12 mm wide, hairless or sparsely hairy; wings 1–3 mm wide, leathery.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Dodonaea~camfieldii  (accessed 12 January, 2021)