Boronia granitica Maiden & Betche

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Boronia

Characteristics

Shrub to 1.5 m high. Branches not obviously glandular, with a moderately dense stellate indumentum. Stellate hairs often stalked, grey-white; rays weak, flexuose, dull. Leaves 3–15-foliolate, 8–20 mm long, 2.5–15 mm wide, with a sparse to moderately dense stellate indumentum; petiole 1–3 mm long; rachis segments 1–4 mm long; leaflets elliptic, 1–11 mm long, 0.5–2.5 mm wide, acute to obtuse. Inflorescence 1–3-flowered, stellate-tomentose; peduncle 1–3 mm long; pedicels 2–3 mm long. Sepals narrowly triangular, 3.5–6 mm long, 1–2 mm wide, acute; abaxial surface stellate-tomentose. Petals 6–9 mm long (–12 mm when in fruit), pink. Cocci glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Environment

Grows in open eucalypt forest or woodland and heath on granite-derived soils. 
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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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 granitica world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771619-1
WFO ID wfo-0000569168
COL ID MKVF
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Synonyms

Boronia granitica