Boronia bipinnata Lindl.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Boronia

Characteristics

Erect, woody shrub to 1.5 m high. Branchlets slightly to distinctly glandular-verrucose, glabrous to puberulous between faintly decurrent leaf bases. Leaves bipinnate or tripinnate, 3–11-foliolate, 13–50 mm long, 10–60 mm wide, glabrous or with few hairs; petiole and rachis segments 2–15 mm long; leaflets linear, 1.5–15 mm long, 0.5–1 mm wide. Inflorescences axillary, (1–) 7–21+-flowered; peduncle 2–8 mm long, with few hairs; pedicels 1–3 mm long, with few hairs. Sepals circular to elliptic, 1–1.25 mm long, glabrous. Petals 2.5–4 mm long, not obviously glandular, glabrous or minutely ciliate, white. Stamens: filaments pilose, glandular-verrucose towards apex; anthers glabrous, with reflexed apiculum. Ovary glabrous; style pilose; stigma minute.
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A low shrub. It can grow to 1 m tall. The leaves are opposite and have leaflets along the stalk including one at the end. The leaflets are in 1-4 pairs. They are narrow. They are 1.4 cm long by 0.2 cm wide. The flowers can occur singly or in groups of 2 or 3. They are white or pale pink. The fruit is dry and made up of 4 sections each with 2 valves. They are about 3 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.25
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Environment

It is a tropical and suntropical plant. It grows in heathland and on sand dunes.
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Grows in Eucalyptus forest or woodland on sandstone. 
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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

Boronia bipinnata unspecified picture

Distribution

Boronia bipinnata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771577-1
WFO ID wfo-0000569092
COL ID MKTQ
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Synonyms

Boronia bipinnata Boronia bipinnata var. pubescens