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Horned Hop Bush

Dodonaea hexandra

Horned Hop Bush
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au
Family
Sapindaceae (Soapberry & maple family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
S. South Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Dodonaea hexandra, commonly known as horned hop bush, is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae and is native to scattered parts of Australia, mostly in the south of South Australia. It is a spreading, dioecious shrub with simple leaves, flowers arranged singly with six stamens, and spherical, three-angled capsules.

Where it grows

This species of Dodonaea grows in mallee scrub dominated by tree species in the south of South Australia, the far south of Western Australia, and far north-western Victoria.

Other Dodonaea plants

Dodonaea adenophora · Dodonaea amblyophylla · Dodonaea amplisemina · Coast Hop Bush · Dodonaea arnhemica · Dodonaea barklyana · Crinkled Hop Bush · Dodonaea boroniifolia · Dodonaea bursariifolia · Dodonaea caespitosa · Camfield's Hop Bush · Horny Hop Bush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dodonaea hexandra by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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