Common Name: Narrow-leaf Hop-bush
Botanical Name: Dodonaea viscosa ssp. angustissima
Family: SAPINDACEAE
Description:
Erect, spreading, multi-stemmed shrub, 2-4 m high. Narrow, long, linear-lanceolate, 3-9 cm long by 1-4 mm wide, upper surface green sticky and dotted with glands, paler beneath, leaf margins irregular. Small, inconspicuous, in clusters at end of branchlets. Male and female flowers on separate plants. Spring to early summer (September to January). 3-4-winged, papery capsule, reddish to tan (mature), with small black seeds. Summer (December to February).
Erect, spreading, multi-stemmed shrub, 2-4 m high. Narrow, long, linear-lanceolate, 3-9 cm long by 1-4 mm wide, upper surface green sticky and dotted with glands, paler beneath, leaf margins irregular. Small, inconspicuous, in clusters at end of branchlets. Male and female flowers on separate plants. Spring to early summer (September to January). 3-4-winged, papery capsule, reddish to tan (mature), with small black seeds. Summer (December to February).
Natural Distribution:
Occurs throughout the central to northern lower rainfall parts of SA. Extends into WA, NT, Qld, NSW and Vic. Common to mallee and northern arid areas.
Occurs throughout the central to northern lower rainfall parts of SA. Extends into WA, NT, Qld, NSW and Vic. Common to mallee and northern arid areas.
Notes:
Previously named Dodonaea attenuata.
Previously named Dodonaea attenuata.
