Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Dodonaea falcata
Common name
A Hop-bush
Family
Sapindaceae
Where found
Dry forest and rocky areas. Coast and ranges north of Berry.
Notes
Shrub to 2 m high. Leaves alternating up the stems, 2.5–5 cm long, 1 mm wide, linear, concave above, curved, tips blunt and often curved down, surfaces hairless. Flowers male, female, or bisexual. Flowers with 0 petals, and 4 sepals, 1.5–2.5 mm long, remaining at the seeding stage. Flowers in clusters of 2-4. Seed case 4-winged, 9.5–12 mm long, 11–14 mm wide, sparsely hairy; wings 2.5–4 mm wide, membranous.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Dodonaea~falcata (accessed 12 January, 2021)
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