Dodonaea subglandulifera


Dodonaea subglandulifera, commonly known as Peep Hill hop-bush, is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae and is endemic to South Australia. It is a small, upright shrub with flowers in small groups that are yellow-greenish to red-maroon.

Description

Dodonaea subglandulifera is an upright shrub high with imparipinnate leaves long, leaflets linear, rounded at the apex, mostly entire or sometimes with a few teeth, sticky, glandular on the lower surface, smooth, and on a petiole long. The flowers are in groups of 2-3 borne in leaf axils on a pedicel long, sepals oval-shaped, long and falling off early. Flowering occurs from February to August and the fruit is a 3 or 4 winged capsule, elliptic to egg-shaped and with occasional hairs.

Taxonomy

Dodonaea subglandulifera was first formally described in 1984 by Judith Gay West and the description was published in Brunonia.

Distribution and habitat

Peep Hill hop-bush grows in semi-arid locations in south-eastern South Australia.