Boronia occidentalis Duretto

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Boronia

Characteristics

Erect, woody shrub to 1 m high, glabrous or puberulous apart from flowers. Branchlets sometimes slightly glandular-verrucose; decurrent leaf bases faint or absent. Leaves: usually some leaves bipinnate, pinnate leaves sometimes also present, 3–7-foliolate, 9–25 mm long, 7–25 mm wide; petiole and rachis segments 2–7 mm long; leaflets narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblanceolate to linear, 1–9 (–13) mm long, 0.5–1.5 mm wide. Inflorescences axillary, 1–3 (–9)-flowered; peduncle and pedicels 0.5–2 mm long. Sepals deltate, 1–2.5 mm long; abaxial surface glabrous to puberulous. Petals 2–4 mm long, not obviously glandular, glabrous, white. Stamens: filaments pilose, slightly glandular towards apex; anthers glabrous, minutely apiculate. Ovary glabrous; style pilose; stigma minute.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grows on sandstone or sandysoils, in heath, woodland or forest. 
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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 occidentalis world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20012462-1
WFO ID wfo-0000569242
COL ID MKX6
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Synonyms

Boronia occidentalis