Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

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Dodonaea rhombifolia

Common name

Broad-leaf hop-bush

Family

Sapindaceae

Where found

Shrubland, rocky areas, stream banks, and gorges. Ranges south from Deua National Park.

Notes

Shrub to about 2.5 m high. Branchlets angular, ribbed or flattened. Leaves alternating up the stems, 4.5–9.5 cm long, 14–40 mm wide, hairless, usually white-spotted below, tips pointed, margins entire, and rolled down. Male and female flowers on different plants. Flowers with 0 petals, 4 sepals, 2–3.4 mm long, falling early. Flowers in clusters, sometimes single. Flowers spring and summer. Seed cases 4-winged, 10–13 mm long, 15–24 mm wide, hairless; wings 6–8.5 mm wide, membranous.

Rare Vic.

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