Peep Hill hop-bush
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Dodonaea
Species:
D. subglandulifera
Binomial name
Dodonaea subglandulifera

Dodonaea subglandulifera, commonly known as Peep Hill hop-bush,[2] 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 1–2 m (3 ft 3 in – 6 ft 7 in) high with imparipinnate leaves 0.7–1.6 cm (0.28–0.63 in) 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 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long. The flowers are in groups of 2-3 borne in leaf axils on a pedicel 3.5–6.5 mm (0.14–0.26 in) long, sepals oval-shaped, 1.6–2.5 mm (0.063–0.098 in) 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.[3][4]

Taxonomy

Dodonaea subglandulifera was first formally described in 1984 by Judith Gay West and the description was published in Brunonia.[5][6]

Distribution and habitat

Peep Hill hop-bush grows in semi-arid locations in south-eastern South Australia.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Dodonaea subglandulifera". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Dodonaea subglandulifera". Fact sheet - Landscape SA. South Australian Govt. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  3. 1 2 George, A.S (1987). Flora of Australia 25 (PDF). Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. p. 150.
  4. ↑ "Dodonaea subglandulifera" (PDF). eFloraSA-Electronic Flora of South Australia. State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "Dodonaea subglandulifera". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  6. ↑ West, Judith (1984). "Dodonaea subglandulifera". Brunonia. 7 (1): 105. Retrieved 17 May 2023.


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