Dodonaea concinna
Dodonaea concinna is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a dense, erect, rounded shrub with paripinnate leaves with four to twelve linear leaflets, flowers arranged singly, in pairs or threes with eight stamens, and four-winged capsules with leathery wings.
Description
Dodonaea concinna is a dioecious, dense, erect, rounded, compact shrub that typically grows to a height of up to. Its leaves are paripinnate, long with four to twelve linear leaflets long and wide on a petiole long. The flowers are borne singly, in pairs or threes, each flower on a pedicel long. The four sepals are egg-shaped, long, but that fall off as the flowers open. Each flower has eight stamens and the ovary is glabrous. The fruit is usually a four-winged, broadly elliptic capsule long and wide, with leathery wings wide.
Taxonomy and naming
Dodonaea concinna was first formally described in 1863 by George Bentham in his Flora Australiensis from specimens collected by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1859. The specific epithet means 'neat, pretty or elegant'.
This species of Dodonaea grows in eucalypt mallee scrub from the Pingrup-Borden area to the Salmon Gums area, in the Coolgardie, Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
Dodonaea concinna is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.