Dodonaea pinifolia Miq.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Dodonaea

Characteristics

Dioecious or rarely polygamo-dioecious spreading shrub to 1 m high. Leaves simple, sessile, linear, sometimes terete, rarely oblong or obovate, acute or rarely obtuse, revolute, entire or with 1–4 irregular teeth or lobes to 2 mm long, attenuate at base, 0.8–3.5 cm long, 0.1–0.3 cm wide, glabrous or rarely puberulent. Flowers solitary or 2 or 3 together; pedicels 1–4 mm long. Sepals 4, ovate or rarely lanceolate, 2–3.5 mm long, caducous. Stamens 8. Ovary pubescent. Capsule 4-angled, rarely 3-angled, excluding appendages globose or obovoid or broadly oblong in lateral view, including appendages 4.5–11.5 mm long, 5–11.5 mm wide, rarely to 20 mm, glabrous; appendages usually horn-like, sometimes lobe-like, at capsule apex only, 0.5–8 mm wide, crustaceous; dehiscence septifragal.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Environment

Grows in rocky situations, in granite and sandy soils in open mallee scrub, mallee heath, woodland and dry sclerophyll forest.
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Distribution

Dodonaea pinifolia world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:782945-1
WFO ID wfo-0000653114
COL ID 373QJ
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Synonyms

Dodonaea pinifolia Dodonaea submutica Empleurosma virgata Dodonaea pinifolia var. submutica