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Dodonaea hirsuta
Dodonaea hirsuta is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect, dioecious shrub usually with simple, triangular to narrowly egg-shaped leaves with three to five wedge-shaped teeth, flowers arranged singly with four lance-shaped sepals, and 3- or 4-winged capsules.
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Description
Dodonaea hirsuta is an erect, dioecious shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in). Its leaves are simple, triangular to narrowly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) long and 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) wide, with three to five hairy wedge-shaped teeth on the end with the edges turned under. The flowers are arranged singly on a pedicel 4.5–7 mm (0.18–0.28 in) long with four lance-shaped sepals, 1.5–2.6 mm (0.059–0.102 in) long. The stamens have not been seen, but the ovary is densely covered with soft hairs. The fruit is a three- or four-winged, elliptic to spherical capsule 11–15.5 mm (0.43–0.61 in) long and 12–17 mm (0.47–0.67 in) wide, the wings leathery and 2.5–4.5 mm (0.098–0.177 in) wide.
Range & habitat
Dodonaea hirsuta grows in forest or heath on granite and sandstone in the Stanthorpe-Wallangarra area of south-east Queensland and the Glen Innes-Grafton areas of northern New South Wales.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 954320.