Boronia filifolia F.Muell.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Boronia

Characteristics

Erect or weak woody shrub to 1 m high, glabrous apart from flowers. Branchlets not obviously glandular; leaf bases faintly decurrent. Leaves pinnate or simple; pinnate leaves 3–7-foliolate, 6–23 mm long, 12–30 mm wide, with petiole and rachis segments 1–8 mm long; simple leaves subsessile; simple leaves and leaflets linear to narrowly obovate, 3–30 mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide, flat to terete, entire, discolorous. Inflorescences axillary, 1–5-flowered; peduncles 8–17 mm long; pedicels 2–13 mm long. Sepals narrowly triangular to deltate, 1–3 mm long, glabrous. Petals 3.5–12 mm long, pink; abaxial surface puberulous. Stamens: filaments pilose or glabrous, glandular-verrucose for most of length; anther apiculum absent or minute. Ovary glabrous; style pilose or glabrous; 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) 1.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grows in heath, mallee and woodland on limestone pavements, laterites, and sandy gravels.
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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

Boronia filifolia unspecified picture

Distribution

Boronia filifolia world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771610-1
WFO ID wfo-0000569155
COL ID MKV4
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Synonyms

Boronia filifolia