Dwarf Hop-bush

Dodonaea humilis is a dioecious, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in). Its leaves are imparipinnate, 9–26 mm (0.35–1.02 in) long with two to fourteen glabrous, triangular or egg-shaped leaflets with the narrower end towards the base, 3–8 mm (0.12–0.31 in) long and 2–7 mm (0.079–0.276 in) wide with three to seven teeth near the tip. The petiole is 1–4 mm (0.039–0.157 in) long. The flowers are arranged singly or in cymes on the ends of branches, each flower on a pedicel 1.5–4 mm (0.059–0.157 in) long. There are four lance-shaped or egg-shaped sepals 1.8–2.8 mm (0.071–0.110 in) long and eight stamens, the ovary glabrous. The fruit is an oblong capsule 4.5–7 mm (0.18–0.28 in) long, 4.5–6 mm (0.18–0.24 in) wide with four lobes and densely covered with glandular hairs.

This species of Dodonaea grows in mallee scrub on limestone or chalky soils on the Eyre, Yorke and Fleurieu Peninsulas in southern South Australia.

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