Boronia nana Hook.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Boronia

Characteristics

Weakly erect or spreading, glabrous to pubescent subshrub to 1 m long. Branchlets not obviously glandular; decurrent leaf bases present. Leaves simple or pinnate or very rarely bipinnate, 1–5-foliolate; petiole 0.5–5 mm long; leaflets and simple leaves linear to elliptic, ovate or obovate, 2–25 mm long, 0.5–4 mm wide, flat, acute. Inflorescences axillary, 1–7-flowered; peduncle 1–7 mm long; pedicels 2–16 mm long. Sepals deltate to narrowly deltate, 1–3.5 mm long, 0.5–1.5 mm wide. Petals 2.5–6 mm long, not obviously glandular, white to pink. Stamens: filaments pilose, glandular-verrucose towards apex; anther apiculum glabrous or with few hairs. Ovary glabrous; style pilose; stigma minute.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grows in heath, woodland and forest on a variety of substrates. 
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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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 nana unspecified picture

Distribution

Boronia nana world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771652-1
WFO ID wfo-0000569238
COL ID MKX3
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Boronia nana Boronia polygalifolia var. trifoliolata

Lower taxons

Boronia nana var. pubescens Boronia nana var. hyssopifolia