Boronia rigens Cheel

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Boronia

Characteristics

Prostrate to erect, woody shrub to 0.3 m high, with few hairs to pilose. Branches not obviously glandular; decurrent leaf bases present. Leaves pinnate or bipinnate, 3–7-foliolate, 4–12 mm long and wide; petiole and rachis segments 1.5–5 mm long; leaflets linear to narrowly elliptic, 2–12 mm long, 0.5–2 mm wide. Inflorescences axillary, 1–3-flowered; peduncle and pedicels 0.5–2 mm long. Sepals deltate, 1.2–2 mm long; abaxial surface glabrous to pilose; adaxial surface puberulous. Petals 2.5–3.5 mm long, glabrous or ciliate, white or pink. Stamens: filaments pilose, slightly glandular towards apex; anthers glabrous, prominently apiculate. Ovary with few hairs; style pilose; stigma minute.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3
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Environment

Grows in woodland or heath, in sandy or stony soils associated with 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

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Distribution

Boronia rigens world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771680-1
WFO ID wfo-0000569296
COL ID MKY4
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Synonyms

Boronia rigens Boronia polygalifolia var. robusta