Boronia citriodora Gunn ex Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Boronia

Characteristics

Prostrate to erect, woody shrub to 3 m high. Branchlets puberulous, not usually glandular-verrucose; decurrent leaf bases faint. Leaves (1–) 3–9-foliolate, 7–25 mm long, 7–30 mm wide, with few scattered hairs to puberulous, hairs concentrated proximally; petiole and rachis segments 1.5–6 mm long; leaflets narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblanceolate, flat to semiterete, 3–16 mm long, 0.5–4 mm wide, entire, concolorous. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, 1–7-flowered; peduncles 1–8 mm long; pedicels 1.5–15 mm long. Sepals deltate, 0.75–2.5 mm long, ciliate or abaxial surface sparsely puberulous. Petals 3.5–8.5 mm long, glabrous or abaxial surface sparsely pilose, white to pink. Stamens: filaments pilose, glandular-verrucose towards apex; anthers not apiculate. Ovary glabrous; style glabrous or with a few hairs; stigma minute.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.0
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Environment

Grows in heath, woodland, or along rain forest borders, often on slopes and rocky ridges. 
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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

Boronia citriodora unspecified picture

Distribution

Boronia citriodora world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771586-1
WFO ID wfo-0000569105
COL ID 68P6K
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Synonyms

Boronia citriodora Boronia pinnata var. citriodora

Lower taxons

Boronia citriodora subsp. paulwilsonii Boronia citriodora subsp. orientalis