Dodonaea lanceolata F.Muell. APNI* Description: Erect shrub to 1.5 m high.
Leaves simple, oblong to oblanceolate, 3.5–6.5 cm long, 8–15 mm wide, coriaceous, secondary veins obscure, apex acute or obtuse, margin entire, glabrous; subsessile, petiole ≤ 2 mm long.
Flowers in terminal panicles; pedicels mostly 6–8 mm long. Sepals usually persistent.
Capsule 3-winged, 16–19 mm long, 14–19 mm wide, glabrous; wings 4.5–5.5 mm wide, membranous.
Distribution and occurrence: On serpentine outcrops in open eucalypt forest. Rare in N.S.W.; only from near Nowendoc.
NSW subdivisions: NWS
Other Australian states: Qld N.T. W.A.
Text by P. G. Wilson & J. A. Scott
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