Boronia citrata N.G.Walsh

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Boronia

Characteristics

Erect, woody, puberulous shrub to 1.5 m high. Branchlets not obviously glandular; decurrent leaf bases faint or absent. Leaves 5–11-foliolate, 6–22 mm long, 6–20 mm wide; petiole and rachis segments 1–3.5 mm long; leaflets narrowly obovate, 1–10 mm long, 1–3 mm wide, entire or slightly crenate, concolorous. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, 1–5-flowered; peduncles to 5 mm long; pedicels 3–7 mm long. Sepals deltate, 1–1.5 mm long, puberulous abaxially. Petals 4–6.5 mm long, pink. Stamens: filaments pilose, glandular-verrucose towards apex; anthers not apiculate. Ovary glabrous to puberulous; style with few hairs; stigma minute.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Environment

Grows in subalpine low open forest, mallee and heath communities, in shallow soils. 
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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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Distribution

Boronia citrata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:972753-1
WFO ID wfo-0000569104
COL ID 5WP6K
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Synonyms

Boronia citrata