Boronia mollis A.Cunn.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Boronia

Characteristics

Erect shrub to 2 m high. Branches stellate-tomentose. Stellate hairs with rays to 1 mm long. Leaves 3–9-foliolate, 10–60 mm long, 6–30 mm wide; petiole 2–28 mm long; rachis segments (2.5–) 5–7 mm long; leaflets broadly elliptic, 5–35 mm long, 3–9 mm wide, flat, obtuse; adaxial surface glabrous or with a sparse stellate indumentum; abaxial surface with a sparse to moderately dense indumentum of multiangular stellate hairs (planar stellate hairs absent). Inflorescence 3-flowered; peduncle 2–3 mm long; pedicels 6–12 mm long. Sepals narrowly triangular, 3–5 mm long, c. 1 mm wide, acute; abaxial surface with  moderately dense stellate indumentum, but epidermis visible. Petals 4.5–10 mm long, pink; abaxial surface with  moderately dense stellate indumentum. Stamens: filaments glabrous or with a few hairs; anther apiculum absent. 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) 2.0
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Environment

Grows in dry eucalypt forests in gullies on sandstone. 
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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 mollis world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771649-1
WFO ID wfo-0000569233
COL ID MKWW
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Synonyms

Boronia mollis