Dodonaea trifida F.Muell.

Dioecious erect shrub to 1 m high. Leaves simple, sessile, angular-obovate or sometimes obtriangular, tri-dentate or 3-lobed above middle, rarely the three lobes dividing again, entire and revolute below middle, cuneate at base, 0.7–1.2 cm long, 0.4–1 cm wide, glabrous or pilose on margin and midrib. Flowers in 3–5-flowered terminal cymes; pedicels 1–2 mm long. Sepals 4–6, linear to lanceolate, rarely elliptic, 1.6–4.3 mm long, persistent. Stamens 8. Ovary densely pilose. Capsule 3-angled, subglobose, obovate or broadly angular-obovate in lateral view, 7–10 mm long, 7.5–10 mm wide, sparsely pilose; appendages usually lobe-like, above middle of capsule, 1–2.5 mm wide, coriaceous; dehiscence septifragal.

Grows as an undershrub in coastal scrub or low forest, in sandy and gravelly soils.