Citation: Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. Sp. 1:97, t. 124 (1805).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Hairy boronia.

Description:
Erect shrub to 50 cm high; branchlets with 2 bands of setose to pilose hairs between the nodes; leaves 3-7-foliolate; petioles 1.5-2 mm long; lamina narrowly obovate, 2-10 x 0.6-1.5 mm, obtuse, setose.

Flowers terminal and axillary in 3-6-flowered cymes, rarely solitary; flower-stalks 2-bracteate about the middle; sepals lanceolate, 1.5-2 mm long; petals 4-7 mm long, pink; filaments terete, pilose, glandular; anthers lacking apical appendages; stigma capitate.

cocci 2.5-3 mm long, minutely setose; seeds c. 2 mm long, smooth, black and shining.

Published illustration: Cochrane et al. (1968) Flowers and plants of Victoria, fig. 106.

Distribution:    N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Sept. — Dec.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: In B. pilosa 3 infraspecific taxa have been recognised, viz., var. pilosa, var. floribunda Hook. f. and var. laricifolia Hook. f. Since the "distinguishing" features of these varieties intergrade imperceptibly, we do not recognise any of them in this treatment.

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