Boronia obovata C.T.White

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Boronia

Characteristics

Erect shrub to 2 m high. Branches with a sparse to dense stellate indumentum. Stellate hairs with rays 0.1–1 mm long. Leaves 3-foliolate; petiole 1–5 mm long; leaflets elliptic to oblanceolate, 4–42 mm long, 1.5–11 mm wide, revolute to slightly recurved (though never covering abaxial surface), acute to obtuse; adaxial surface with sparse to moderately dense stellate indumentum; abaxial surface with a sparse to moderately dense layer of multiangular stellate hairs and a dense layer of smaller planar stellate hairs. Inflorescence 1–3-flowered; peduncle 0.5–4 mm long; pedicels 2–9 mm long. Sepals narrowly triangular, 3–5.5 mm long, 0.5–1.5 mm wide, acute; abaxial surface with moderately dense or rarely dense stellate indumentum, but epidermis usually visible. Petals 4.5–8 mm long, pink; abaxial surface with moderately dense stellate indumentum. Stamens: filaments pilose; anther apiculum reflexed. Cocci glabrous or with sparse to moderately dense indumentum.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Environment

Grows in eucalypt woodland and forest on sandstone. 
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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 obovata unspecified picture

Distribution

Boronia obovata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771654-1
WFO ID wfo-0000569241
COL ID MKX5
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Synonyms

Boronia obovata