Boronia safrolifera Cheel

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Boronia

Characteristics

Erect, woody shrub to 2.5 m high. Branchlets not obviously glandular, with few hairs or variably puberulous to pilose; decurrent leaf bases present. Leaves (3–) 7–19-foliolate,  12–47 mm long, 14–35 mm wide, variously pubescent; petiole and rachis segments 2–11 mm long; leaflets linear-elliptic to obovate, 2.5–18 mm long, 1–3.5 (–6) mm wide, entire or slightly crenate, discolorous. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, 1–12-flowered; peduncles 1–20 mm long; pedicels 2–4 mm long. Sepals deltate, 1–1.5 mm long, glabrous. Petals  4.5–7 mm long, white to pink; abaxial surface glabrous or minutely pubescent along margins. Stamens: filaments pilose, glandular-verrucose towards apex; anthers not apiculate. Ovary glabrous or with few hairs; style glabrous or 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) 2.5
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Environment

Grows in swampy or poorly drained low heath, wallum and Banksia woodland on siliceous sand. 
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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 safrolifera unspecified picture

Distribution

Boronia safrolifera world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771686-1
WFO ID wfo-0000569306
COL ID MKYB
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Boronia safrolifera