Boronia floribunda Rchb.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Boronia

Characteristics

Erect, woody shrub to 1 m high, glabrous apart from stamens. Branchlets not obviously glandular; decurrent leaf bases present. Leaves 3–15-foliolate, 13–50 mm long, 6–28 mm wide; petiole and rachis segments 2–11 mm long; leaflets narrowly elliptic, narrowly oblong or narrowly obovate, 4–24 mm long, 1–4 mm wide, entire or serrate, discolorous. Inflorescence axillary, 1–9-flowered; peduncles and pedicels 3–8 mm long. Sepals deltate, 2.5–3.5 mm long. Petals 6–15 mm long, white to pink. Stamens: filaments pilose with a dense tuft of hairs on the glandular tip; anther apiculum present or absent. Ovary glabrous; style vestigial, concealed by massively swollen stigma.
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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Environment

Found in heath and dry sclerophyll forest on sandstone. 
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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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 floribunda unspecified picture

Distribution

Boronia floribunda world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60118-3
WFO ID wfo-0000569158
COL ID MKV6
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Boronia floribunda