Boronia ternata Endl.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Boronia

Characteristics

Erect shrub to 2 m high, glabrous to densely stellate-tomentose on branches and leaves. Stellate hairs with rays 0.05–0.5 mm long. Leaves sessile or petiolate, 1–3-foliolate; leaflets elliptic to oblanceolate, 2–15 mm long, 1–5.5 mm wide, attenuate at base, obtuse or rarely acute (juvenile foliage). Inflorescence 1 (–3)-flowered, densely stellate-tomentose; peduncle 0.5–4 mm long; pedicels 0.5–10 mm long. Sepals much smaller than petals, elliptic or ovate-deltate or lanceolate, 2–3.5 mm long, 1–2.5 mm wide, acute to slightly acuminate. Petals  4–11 mm long, pink or white; abaxial surface with moderately dense to dense stellate indumentum. Cocci with sparse to dense simple/stellate indumentum.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Environment

Grows in mallee and heath on sand, granite, laterite or spongolite. 
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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 ternata unspecified picture

Distribution

Boronia ternata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771701-1
WFO ID wfo-0000569327
COL ID 68P7Y
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Boronia ternata

Lower taxons

Boronia ternata var. foliosa Boronia ternata var. promiscua Boronia ternata var. austrofoliosa