Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Dodonaea triangularis
Common name
A hopbush
Family
Sapindaceae
Where found
Dry forest and woodland. Coast and ranges north of Narooma.
Notes
Shrub to 3 m high. Leaves alternating up the stems, 1.2–3.5 cm long, 6–30 mm wide, margins entire and rolled down, tips pointed and usually 3-toothed. Flowers male, female, or bisexual. Flowers with 0 petals, and 4 or rarely 5 sepals, 1.2–3 mm long, remaining at the seeding stage. Flowers single or in 3–6-flowered clusters. Seed cases 3- or rarely 4-angled, usually with narrow wings 1–2 mm wide, sparsely hairy or sometimes hairless.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Dodonaea~triangularis (accessed 12 January, 2021)
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