Dodonaea subglandulifera

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Peep Hill hop-bush

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Sapindaceae
Genus:	Dodonaea
Species:	D. subglandulifera
Binomial name
*Dodonaea subglandulifera* J.G.West^[1]

Dodonaea subglandulifera, commonly known as Peep Hill hop-bush,^[2] 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

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Dodonaea subglandulifera is an upright shrub 1–2 m (3 ft 3 in – 6 ft 7 in) high with imparipinnate leaves 0.7–1.6 cm (0.28–0.63 in) 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 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long. The flowers are in groups of 2-3 borne in leaf axils on a pedicel 3.5–6.5 mm (0.14–0.26 in) long, sepals oval-shaped, 1.6–2.5 mm (0.063–0.098 in) 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.^[3]^[4]

Taxonomy

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Dodonaea subglandulifera was first formally described in 1984 by Judith Gay West and the description was published in Brunonia.^[5]^[6]

Distribution and habitat

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Peep Hill hop-bush grows in semi-arid locations in south-eastern South Australia.^[3]

References

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^ "Dodonaea subglandulifera". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
^ "Dodonaea subglandulifera". Fact sheet - Landscape SA. South Australian Govt. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
^ ^a ^b George, A.S (1987). Flora of Australia 25 (PDF). Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. p. 150.
^ "Dodonaea subglandulifera" (PDF). eFloraSA-Electronic Flora of South Australia. State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
^ "Dodonaea subglandulifera". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
^ West, Judith (1984). "Dodonaea subglandulifera". Brunonia. 7 (1): 105. Retrieved 17 May 2023.

Taxon identifiers
Dodonaea subglandulifera	Wikidata: Q15547062 APNI: 72554 BOLD: 616293 CoL: 373RD eFloraSA: Dodonaea_subglandulifera FoAO2: Dodonaea subglandulifera GBIF: 5576968 iNaturalist: 1079237 IPNI: 904064-1 NCBI: 884409 Open Tree of Life: 248952 Plant List: kew-2774019 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:904064-1 SPRAT: 11956 Tropicos: 100326114 WFO: wfo-0000653150

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