Boronia busselliana F.Muell.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Boronia

Characteristics

Slender erect, glabrous, perennial to 40 cm high. Branches with decurrent leaf bases faint. Leaves frequently caducous, few, well-spaced, sessile, slender-terete, to 12 mm long, channelled above. Flowers axillary, solitary or in 3-flowered cymes; pedicels 5–10 mm long, somewhat thickened. Sepals narrowly to broadly ovate, 2–2.5 mm long, fleshy in centre. Petals elliptic, 8–12 mm long, obtuse, firm, prominently glandular-punctate, white adaxially, green or pink abaxial particularly in median strip, drying blue. Stamens: filaments filiform, smooth; anthers c. 0.6–1.5 mm long, obtuse, not apiculate. Style slender, 3–4 mm long; stigma subcapitate.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.4
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Environment

Usually growing on gravel or over laterite. 
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Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity light
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Images

Boronia busselliana unspecified picture

Distribution

Boronia busselliana world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771580-1
WFO ID wfo-0000569097
COL ID 68P7F
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Boronia busselliana