Boronia thujona Penfold & Welch

Species

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Characteristics

Erect, woody shrub or small tree to 4 m high, glabrous apart from flowers. Branchlets not obviously glandular; decurrent leaf bases distinct. Leaves 3–15-foliolate, 30–80 mm long, 23–70 mm wide; petiole 10–15 mm long; rachis segments 4–8 mm long; leaflets narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblong, 5–35 mm long, 1–7 mm wide, finely glandular-crenate on margins, discolorous. Inflorescence axillary, 1–15-flowered; peduncle 8–30 mm long; pedicels 5–8 mm long. Sepals deltate, 0.75–1.5 mm long, glabrous or ciliate. Petals 5–10 mm long, pubescent along margins on abaxial surface, pink. Stamens: filaments pilose, glandular towards apex; anthers not apiculate. Ovary glabrous; 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) 4.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grows in shady situations in wet and dry sclerophyll forest on sandstone. 
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

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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 thujona unspecified picture

Distribution

Boronia thujona world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771706-1
WFO ID wfo-0000569339
COL ID MKZ3
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Boronia thujona