Australian Native Plants

  Boronia ledifolia (Ledum Boronia)


Boronia ledifolia photo
Boronia ledifolia fdoliage and flowers

Photograph by Moonlight0551 from Australia. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)

Boronia ledifolia photo
Boronia ledifolia

Photograph by Doug Beckers from Killcare Heights, Australia. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)

Boronia ledifolia photo
Boronia ledifolia

Photograph by Doug Beckers from Killcare Heights, Australia. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)




LEDUM BORONIA FACTS

distribution map showing range of Boronia ledifolia in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License


Common Name
Ledum Boronia

Other Names
Sydney Boronia, Showy Boronia

Description
Ledum Boronia is a shrub that grows to 2.5 m tall but usually less. The leaves are usually simple but may be pinnate with three to seven leaflets. The dark green leaves (or leaflets) are narrow growing to 4 cm long and 7 mm wide. Pink or pale pink flowers are produced in group of 3 to 6 (sometimes a lot more) from the leaf axils in spring and early summer. The flower has four sepals about 3 mm to 4 mm long, and four petals about 5 mm to 12 mm long, and eight stamens.

Habitat
forest, woodland, heath

Distribution
Ledum Boronia is found mainly in eastern New South Wales and also eastern Victoria.

Growth Characteristics
Height: 2.5 m
Spread: 1.5m



Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Sapindales
Family:Rutaceae
Genus:Boronia
Species:ledifolia
Common Name:Ledum Boronia


Relatives in same Genus
  Boronia anemonifolia
  Boronia citriodora
  Boronia crenulata
  Boronia cymosa
  Boronia deanei
  Boronia filifolia
  Boronia floribunda
  Boronia fraseri
  Boronia gracilipes
  Boronia heterophylla
  Boronia megastigma
  Boronia mollis
  Boronia molloyae
  Boronia muelleri
  Boronia parviflora
  Boronia safrolifera
  Boronia serrulata
  Boronia tetrandra
  Boronia thujona