Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima
(DC.) J.G.West Slender Hop-bushErect shrub to 4 m. Leaves sessile, linear to narrowly oblong or narrowly oblanceolate, 3–9.5 cm long, 1–6 mm wide, acute to obtuse, shortly apiculate; margins irregularly sinuate to irregularly and minutely dentate; lateral venation conspicuous.
LoM, MuM, Wim, Brid, VVP, VRiv, MSB, RobP, MuF, GipP, Gold, CVU, GGr, NIS, EGL, EGU, HSF, HNF, MonT, VAlp. All mainland States. Common in the north-west, but also found across northern Victoria to East Gippsland, with an isolated occurrence in the far south-west near Nelson; mostly in open woodland and sand plain communities.
Populations showing intergradation between subsp. angustissima and subsp. spatulata occur wherever these subspecies are sympatric, e.g. in western and eastern Victoria, and between Seymour and Wodonga.
See description for Dodonaea viscosa for features of the species.
Duretto, M.F. (1999). Sapindaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 139–149. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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