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.
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| Boronia albiflora in the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Boronia |
| Species: | B. albiflora
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| Binomial name | |
| Boronia albiflora | |
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| Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium | |
Description
editBoronia 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
editBoronia albiflora was first formally described in 1863 by George Bentham from an unpublished description by Robert Brown and the description was published in Flora Australiensis.[3][4] The specific epithet (albiflora) means "white-flowered".[5]
Distribution and habitat
editThis boronia grows in near coastal areas in southern parts of the south-west of Western Australia, often growing in sandy soils.[2]
Conservation
editBoronia albiflora is classified as "not threatened" in Western Australia by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Boronia albiflora". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Boronia albiflora". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1863). Flora Australiensis (Volume 1). London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 317. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ "Boronia albiflora". APNI. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 129. ISBN 9780958034180.