It is an erect shrub with simple, usually linear leaves arranged in opposite pairs and with the edges turned strongly down, flowers arranged singly with eight stamens, and four-angled capsules with lobe-like appendages.

Dodonaea ericoides is an erect, dioecious shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 80 cm (31 in).

[2][3] Dodonaea ericoides was first formally described in 1845 by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel in the Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae from specimens collected in the inland of Western Australia.

[6] This species of Dodonaea grows in woodland and low heath on rocky hillsides and is restricted to a few populations from north of Geraldton to south of Perth in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia.

[2][3] Dodonaea ericoides is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.