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SLENDER BORONIA FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Slender Boronia
Description
Slender Boronia is a slender shrub that grows to about 50 cm high. The leaves are simple linear to narrow egg-shaped up to 3 cm long and up to 1.5 mm wide; or can have three leaflets with each leaflet up to 1 cm long and 1.5 mm wide. Pink flowers are produced singly from the leaf axils. Flowering is in winter, spring and summer between July and February. The flower has four sepals about 1 mm to 3 mm long, and four petals about 4 mm to 12 mm long, and eight stamens.
Habitat
heath, mallee and woodland
Distribution
Slender Boronia is endemic to south east of South Australia including Kangaroo Island, and far west of Victoria.
Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 0.5 - 1
Spread (m): 0.5–1
Soil Texture: sand, loam, clay
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils, alkaliine soils
Frost Sensitivity: moderately sensitive
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 450
Flower Colour: pink
Flower Season: spring, summer
(source: SA State Flora Catalog)
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Sapindales | | Family: | Rutaceae | | Genus: | Boronia | | Species: | filifolia | | Common Name: | Slender Boronia |
Relatives in same Genus
Boronia anemonifolia
Boronia citriodora
Boronia crenulata
Boronia cymosa
Boronia deanei
Boronia floribunda
Boronia fraseri
Boronia gracilipes
Boronia heterophylla
Boronia ledifolia
Boronia megastigma
Boronia mollis
Boronia molloyae
Boronia muelleri
Boronia parviflora
Boronia safrolifera
Boronia serrulata
Boronia tetrandra
Boronia thujona
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