Family: Rutaceae
Boronia edwardsii
Citation:
Benth., Fl. Aust. 1:312 (1863).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Island boronia.
Description:
Shrub to 50 cm high; branchlets setose; leaves 3-foliolate; petioles to 1.5 mm long; leaflets sessile, lamina obovate to elliptic, 2.5-8 x 2-3 mm, margin recurved, setose on the upper surface, paler beneath.
Flowers terminal and axillary in 1-3-flowered cymes; flower-stalks 2-bracteate towards the base; sepals ovate, acute, c. 1 mm long; petals 4-7 mm long, pink; filaments glandular and thickened towards the apex; anthers with recurved slender acute apicula longer than the anther cells; stigma globular.
Fruit and seed not seen.
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Image source: fig 413 in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Distribution:
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S.Aust.: MU, SL, KI.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: mainly Aug. — Oct.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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