Dodonaea subglandulifera
{{Short description|Species of shrub}}
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|name = Peep Hill hop-bush
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|genus = Dodonaea
|species = subglandulifera
|authority = J.G.West{{cite web |title=Dodonaea subglandulifera |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/72554 |publisher=Australian Plant Census |access-date=16 May 2023}}
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Dodonaea subglandulifera, commonly known as Peep Hill hop-bush,{{cite web |title=Dodonaea subglandulifera |url=https://www.landscape.sa.gov.au/mr/publications/native-plant-peep-hill-hop-bush |website=Fact sheet - Landscape SA |publisher=South Australian Govt. |access-date=17 May 2023}} is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae and is endemic to South Australia. It is a small, upright shrub with flowers in small groups that are yellow-greenish to red-maroon.
Description
Dodonaea subglandulifera is an upright shrub {{cvt|1-2|m}} high with imparipinnate leaves {{cvt|0.7-1.6|cm}} long, leaflets linear, rounded at the apex, mostly entire or sometimes with a few teeth, sticky, glandular on the lower surface, smooth, and on a petiole {{cvt|1-3|mm}} long. The flowers are in groups of 2-3 borne in leaf axils on a pedicel {{cvt|3.5-6.5|mm}} long, sepals oval-shaped, {{cvt|1.6-2.5|mm}} long and falling off early. Flowering occurs from February to August and the fruit is a 3 or 4 winged capsule, elliptic to egg-shaped and with occasional hairs.{{cite book |last1=George |first1=A.S |title=Flora of Australia 25 |date=1987 |publisher=Australian Government Publishing Service |location=Canberra |page=150 |url=https://www.dcceew.gov.au/sites/default/files/env/pages/0f68f0b0-308b-4367-b12d-359115e9f1bc/files/flora-australia-25-melianthaceae-simaroubaceae.pdf}}{{cite web |title=Dodonaea subglandulifera |url=https://www.dcceew.gov.au/sites/default/files/env/pages/0f68f0b0-308b-4367-b12d-359115e9f1bc/files/flora-australia-25-melianthaceae-simaroubaceae.pdf |website=eFloraSA-Electronic Flora of South Australia |publisher=State Herbarium of South Australia |access-date=17 May 2023}}
Taxonomy
Dodonaea subglandulifera was first formally described in 1984 by Judith Gay West and the description was published in Brunonia.{{cite web |title=Dodonaea subglandulifera |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/484197 |publisher=Australian Plant Name Index |access-date=17 May 2023}}{{cite journal |last1=West |first1=Judith |title=Dodonaea subglandulifera |journal=Brunonia |date=1984 |volume=7 |issue=1 |page=105 |url=https://www.publish.csiro.au/sb/BRU9840001 |access-date=17 May 2023}}
Distribution and habitat
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Category:Endemic flora of Australia