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Dodonaea inaequifolia

Dodonaea inaequifolia
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Dodonaea inaequifolia is a dioecious, spreading Australian shrub, up to about 5 m tall, native to semi-arid south-western Western Australia. It is a hardy, drought-tolerant plant that suits dry, open gardens in warm climates.

Family
Sapindaceae (Soapberry & maple family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or gravelly soil; tolerates poor, nutrient-low soils.
Temperature
Warm to hot conditions; tolerates light frost once established.
How easy
Easy
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Dodonaea inaequifolia is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, dioecious shrub with imparipinnate leaves with 17 to 23 linear, channelled leaflets, flowers arranged in cymes of up to six flowers with usually six stamens, and three-winged capsules.

Where it grows

This species of Dodonaea grows in semi-arid mallee-heath, mallee scrub or open woodland between Dirk Hartog Island and Southern Cross in the Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison and Yalgoo bioregions of south-western Western Australia.

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 inaequifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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