Boronia polygalifolia Sm.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Boronia

Characteristics

Spreading, decumbent, subshrub to 30 cm long, glabrous apart from flowers. Branchlets not obviously glandular; decurrent leaf bases present. Leaves sessile or with petiole to 1 mm long, linear to elliptic, rarely ovate or obovate, 8–30 mm long, 0.8–5 mm wide, acute, flat. Inflorescences axillary, 1–3-flowered; peduncles and pedicels 0.5–11 mm long. Sepals ovate-deltate, 1.5–2 mm long, glabrous. Petals 4.5–6.5 mm long, not obviously or slightly glandular, glabrous or sometimes minutely ciliate, white or pink. Stamens: filaments shortly pilose, sometimes slightly glandular-verrucose towards apex; anthers glabrous, prominently apiculate. Ovary and style glabrous; stigma minute.
Life form perennial
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

Grows in open forest or woodland or heath, in sandy or rocky soils.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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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 polygalifolia world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:61893-3
WFO ID wfo-0000569270
COL ID MKXP
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Boronia tetrathecoides Tetratheca oppositifolia Boronia hyssopifolia Boronia oppositifolia Boronia polygalifolia var. oppositifolia Boronia polygalifolia