Boronia albiflora

Boronia albiflora is a plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a soft shrub with pinnate leaves and pink or pink and white, four-petalled flowers.

Boronia albiflora
Boronia albiflora in the Australian National Botanic Gardens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Boronia
Species:
B. albiflora
Binomial name
Boronia albiflora
Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium

Description

Boronia albiflora is a soft, erect shrub that grows to a height of 0.1–0.7 m (0.3–2 ft) with its stems and branches covered with short, spreading hairs. Its leaves are pinnate with between seven and eleven leaflets, the leaflets more or less wedge-shaped and leathery with the edges often turned under. The flowers are pink or pink and white and are borne in leaf axils. The four sepals are lance-shaped to egg-shaped and covered with hairs. The four petals are glabrous, 9–11 mm (0.4–0.4 in) long and overlap at their bases. The filaments are club-shaped and have a glandular tip. Flowering occurs in most months.[2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Boronia albiflora was first formally described in 1863 by George Bentham from an unpublished description by Robert Brown and the description was published in Flora Australiensis.[3][4]

Distribution and habitat

This boronia grows in near coastal areas in southern parts of the south-west of Western Australia, often growing in sandy soils.[2]

Conservation

Boronia albiflora is classified as "not threatened" in Western Australia by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[2]

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References
  1. "Boronia albiflora". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. "Boronia albiflora". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  3. Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1863). Flora Australiensis (Volume 1). London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 317. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  4. "Boronia albiflora". APNI. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
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