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Dodonaea peduncularis

Dodonaea peduncularis
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Dodonaea peduncularis is a spreading, dioecious shrub native to semi-arid eastern Australia, growing up to about 2 m tall in open woodland and hummock grassland. It needs sun, sandy well-drained soil and little water, and tolerates dry conditions well.

Family
Sapindaceae (Soapberry & maple family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Sandy, free-draining soil; tolerates poor soils.
Temperature
Tolerates warm, dry summers and mild winters; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
S. Queensland to New South Wales
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Dodonaea peduncularis is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a spreading dioecious shrub with simple, sessile egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, flowers arranged singly or in cymes, the flowers usually with four sepals and eight stamens, and capsules with four wings.

Where it grows

This species of Dodonaea grows in semi-arid, undulating or flat country in open woodland and hummock grassland in sandy soil, from Charters Towers and southern Queensland and the western slopes and tablelands of New South Wales.

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 peduncularis 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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