Common name: Broad-leaf Hop-bush
Dodonaea rhombifolia N.A.Wakef. APNI* 
Description: Erect shrub to 2 m high.
Leaves simple, elliptic or rarely obovate, usually 5–9 cm long, 14–27 mm wide, apex acute, base attenuate, margins entire, revolute, glabrous, usually white-spotted below; petiole 4–10.5 mm long.
Flowers in axillary few-flowered cymes; pedicels 3.5–8.5 mm long. Sepals 4, lanceolate to ovate 2–3.4 mm long, not persistent. Stamens 8. Ovary glabrous.
Capsule 4-winged, 10–13 mm long, 15–24 mm wide, glabrous; wings 6–8.5 mm wide, membranous.
Distribution and occurrence: Often grows in shrubland in rocky granitic or basaltic soil by creeks.
NSW subdivisions: NC, SC, NT, ST, NWS
Other Australian states: Vic.
Text by P. G. Wilson & J. A. Scott
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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