Boronia umbellata P.H.Weston

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Boronia

Characteristics

Erect shrub to 2 m high. Branches stellate-tomentose. Stellate hairs white to red-brown; rays 0.1–0.5 mm long. Leaves 3–7-foliolate, 20–95 mm long, 10–55 mm wide; petiole 6–20 mm long; rachis segments 8–20 mm long; leaflets elliptic to broadly elliptic, 15–43 mm long,  8–15 mm wide, flat, obtuse; adaxial surface with a few scattered hairs; abaxial surface with a sparse to moderately dense layer of multiangular stellate hairs and a dense layer of smaller planar stellate hairs. Inflorescence 3–10-flowered; peduncle 4–12 mm long; pedicels 4–15 mm long. Sepals ovate-deltate, 2.5–3 mm long, 1.5–2 mm wide, acuminate; abaxial surface densely stellate-tomentose, with epidermis not visible. Petals 7–10 mm long, pink; abaxial surface with sparse to moderately dense stellate indumentum. Stamens: filaments pilose; anther apiculum minute. Fruit not seen.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Environment

Grows in wet sclerophyll forest on 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

Boronia umbellata unspecified picture

Distribution

Boronia umbellata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:940264-1
WFO ID wfo-0000569347
COL ID MKZ9
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Synonyms

Boronia umbellata