Dodonaea stenozyga
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| Desert hop-bush | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Dodonaea |
| Species: | D. stenozyga |
| Binomial name | |
| Dodonaea stenozyga | |
Dodonaea stenozyga, commonly known as desert hop-bush,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae and is endemic to southern parts of continental Australia. It is a small, upright shrub with small clusters of flowers and linear leaves.
Dodonaea stenozyga is an upright, rounded shrub to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) high with paripinnate leaves 1–3.8 cm (0.39–1.50 in) long on a petiole 9.5–20 mm (0.37–0.79 in) long, the 2 to 6 linear leaflets 8–13.5 mm (0.31–0.53 in) long, rounded at the apex, sometimes with the edges turned down. The flowers are usually in pairs or in a group of 3, each flower on a pedicel 4–8.5 mm (0.16–0.33 in) long, with 4 oval-shaped sepals, 1.5–3.2 mm (0.059–0.126 in) long and falling off early. Flowering has been recorded in September and the fruit is a 4-winged, broadly elliptic to broadly egg-shaped capsule 8.5–14.5 mm (0.33–0.57 in) long and 10–17 mm (0.39–0.67 in) wide, the wings 3–6.5 mm (0.12–0.26 in) wide, smooth and leathery.[2][3][4]