Boronia coerulescens F.Muell.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Boronia

Characteristics

Erect, woody perennial to 0.5 m high. Branchlets puberulous or with few hairs; decurrent leaf bases absent or faint. Leaves simple, sessile or with petiole to 0.5 mm long, entire and subterete to elliptic or obovate and trilobed, 2–10 mm long, concave to conduplicate above, glabrous or puberulous. Flowers mostly solitary, axillary or terminal to short shoots, sometimes looking like leafy racemes; pedicel 2–8 mm long. Sepals narrowly triangular to obovate, 2–5 mm long, glabrous or puberulous. Petals broadly elliptic, 3.5–10 mm long, glabrous, or puberulous on midrib, white to blue or pink. Stamens: filaments linear-attenuate, glandular-verrucose towards apex, sparsely ciliate; anther apiculum often inflated. Ovary glabrous or pubescent; style slender-terete, 0.5–1 mm long; stigma minute to capitate.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 0.5
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

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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 coerulescens world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771581-1
WFO ID wfo-0000569108
COL ID 5WP6H
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Boronia coerulescens Boronia coerulescens var. glabrescens Boronia coerulescens var. pubescens Boronia coerulescens subsp. coerulescens

Lower taxons

Boronia coerulescens subsp. spinescens