Dodonaea bursariifolia F.Muell. APNI*
Description: Spreading shrub to 1.5 m high.
Leaves simple, obovate or sometimes oblanceolate or oblong, 0.8–3.5 cm long and 3–15 mm wide, apex obtuse or rounded, base cuneate to attenuate, margins entire, glabrous; ± sessile.
Flowers mostly 2 or 3 together; pedicels 1.5–2.6 mm long. Sepals 5, rarely 4, linear or linear lanceolate, 1.4–3 mm long, not persistent. Stamens 8 rarely as few as 5. Ovary glabrous.
Capsule 3- rarely 4-angled, 6.5–8.5 mm long, 5–8.5 mm wide, glabrous; wings 0.5–1 mm wide, leathery; dehiscence septicidal.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in semi-arid mallee scrub communities on sandy loam soils; west and south from the Euabalong district.
NSW subdivisions: SWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Vic. W.A. S.A.
Text by P. G. Wilson & J. A. Scott Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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