WorldFloraDB - Boronia pinnata

Characteristics

Erect, woody shrub to 1.6 m high, glabrous apart from flowers. Branchlets not obviously glandular; decurrent leaf bases indistinct. Leaves 1–13-foliolate, 18–60 mm long, 14–54 mm wide; petiole and rachis segments 3–17 mm long; leaflets narrowly elliptic or narrowly oblong, 5–29 mm long, 1–3 (–7) mm wide, entire, concolorous. Inflorescence usually axillary, 3–40-flowered; peduncles 5–20 mm long; pedicels 6–30 mm long. Sepals deltate, 1–1.5 mm long, glabrous or with few hairs. Petals 5–11.5 mm long, ciliate or abaxial surface pubescent along margins, pink. Stamens: filaments densely pilose, glandular-verrucose towards apex; anthers not apiculate. Ovary glabrous; style glabrous, rarely pilose; stigma minute.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

2.0

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Mountain ranges. Dry sclerophyll forest and heath on sandstone, chiefly in coastal districts.

More

Grows in dry sclerophyll forest and heath on sandstone.

Mountain ranges. Heathland and dry sclerophyll forests.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	essential oil
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°)	18 - 23
Germination luminosity	light
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-7
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-