Boronia amabilis S.T.Blake

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Boronia

Characteristics

Erect shrub to 2 m high. Branches stellate-tomentose. Stellate hairs with rays 0.1–1 mm long. Leaves 3–15-foliolate, 10–55 mm long, 6–28 mm wide; petiole 3–5 mm long; rachis segments 2–7 mm long; leaflets elliptic, 3–18 mm long, 1.5–6 mm wide, recurved (rarely flat), obtuse; adaxial surface with a sparse to dense stellate indumentum; abaxial surface with a sparse to moderately dense layer of multiangular stellate hairs and a dense layer of smaller planar stellate hairs. Inflorescence (1–) 3–7-flowered; peduncle 2–5 mm long; pedicels 3–10 mm long. Sepals narrowly triangular to narrowly ovate-deltate, 3.5–6 mm long, 1–2.5 mm wide, acute; abaxial surface with a moderately dense to dense stellate indumentum, but epidermis visible. Petals 8–12 mm long (–15 mm when in fruit), pink; abaxial surface with a moderately dense stellate indumentum. Stamens: filaments pilose; anther apiculum minute or large. Style glabrous. Cocci glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Environment

Found growing in open eucalypt forest or woodland over granite. 
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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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 amabilis world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771567-1
WFO ID wfo-0000569068
COL ID MKT6
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Boronia amabilis