Boronia albiflora R.Br. ex Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Boronia

Characteristics

Shrub to 50 cm high. Branchlets pilose in lines or all over. Leaves crowded; petiole 0.5–1 mm long; lamina 5–7 (–11)-foliolate, to 2 cm long, pilose or glabrous; leaflets thick, linear-spathulate, slightly falcate, 5–7 mm long, entire, recurved. Flowers axillary, solitary, shortly pedicellate. Sepals ovate to narrowly triangular, 1–2 mm long, glabrous or puberulous. Petals 5–8 mm long, sparsely puberulous, pink. Disc glabrous. Stamens: filaments terete, c. 2 mm long, sparsely verrucose, hirsutely ciliate; antisepalous filaments and often the antipetalous ones also swollen at apex; anthers 0.2–0.6 mm long, shortly apiculate. Ovary densely pubescent; style cylindrical, to 1 mm long, sparsely pilose, stigma minute.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5
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Environment

Usually found in well-drained situations such as granite outcrops and in sand. 
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity light
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Images

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Distribution

Boronia albiflora world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771564-1
WFO ID wfo-0000569064
COL ID MKT3
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Synonyms

Boronia albiflora