Boronia rosmarinifolia A.Cunn. ex Endl.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Boronia

Characteristics

Erect or spreading shrub to 1 m high. Branches terete to slightly quadrangular, stellate-tomentose. Stellate hairs with rays to 0.1 mm long. Leaves elliptic to obovate, 6–30 mm long, 1–4.5 mm wide, obtuse; abaxial surface with a sparse to moderately dense layer of multiangular stellate hairs and a dense layer of smaller planar stellate hairs; juvenile leaves to 48 mm long and 10 mm wide. Peduncle to 0.5 mm long; pedicel 1–6 mm long. Sepals ovate-deltate, 2–4 mm long, 1.5–2.5 mm wide, acute. Petals 5–7.5 mm long (–10 mm when in fruit), 3–4 mm wide (–6 mm when in fruit), pink to white; abaxial surface with sparse to moderately dense simple indumentum. Anther apiculum large, reflexed. Style glabrous. Cocci glabrous or very rarely densely hairy.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Environment

Common in heath and woodland communities, in well drained sand and sandstone-derived soils. 
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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

Boronia rosmarinifolia unspecified picture

Distribution

Boronia rosmarinifolia world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771683-1
WFO ID wfo-0000569298
COL ID MKY6
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Synonyms

Boronia rosmarinifolia Boronia ledifolia var. rosmarinifolia Boronia rosmarinifolia var. albiflora