Boronia gunnii Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Boronia

Characteristics

Erect, woody shrub to 1.2 m high; glands usually shiny. Branchlets slightly glandular-verrucose (glands shiny), puberulous; decurrent leaf bases faint. Leaves 5–9-foliolate, 12–32 mm long, 16–50 mm wide, with shiny glandular areas, with few scattered hairs except for proximal leaflets which are sparsely puberulous; petiole and rachis segments 1–6 mm long; leaflets narrowly oblanceolate,  5–25 mm long, 0.75–2.5 mm wide, entire, discolorous. Inflorescences axillary, 1–7-flowered; peduncles 1.5–3 mm long; pedicels 5–9 mm long. Sepals deltate, c. 1 mm long, glabrous or minutely ciliate. Petals 5–8 mm long, glabrous or sparsely puberulous along margins, pink. Stamens: filaments pilose, glandular-verrucose towards apex; anthers not apiculate. Ovary glabrous; style 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) 1.2
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Environment

Grows in rocky, riverine areas prone to flooding.
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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 gunnii unspecified picture

Distribution

Boronia gunnii world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771621-1
WFO ID wfo-0000569172
COL ID MKVK
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Boronia gunnii Boronia pinnata var. gunnii Boronia tetrandra var. grandiflora