Australian Native Plants

  Boronia molloyae (Tall Boronia)


Boronia molloyae photo
Boronia molloyae in the Australian National Botanic Gardens

Photograph by Murray Fagg. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)



Growth Characteristics information is sourced from: State Flora Catalog, Government of South Australia Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.



TALL BORONIA FACTS

distribution map showing range of Boronia molloyae in Australia

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


Common Name
Tall Boronia

Description
Tall Boronia is a shrub that grows to 3 m tall. The leaves are pinnate to 5 cm long with three and seven narrow elliptic leaflets. Deep pink flowers are produced singly from leaf axils in spring and early summer from September to December. The flower has four sepals about 8 mm long, and four petals about 8 mm long, and eight stamens.

Habitat
along watercourses and near swamps in forest, coastal plains

Distribution
Tall Boronia is found in south west Western Australia.

Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 1 - 3
Spread (m): 1 - 2
Soil Texture: sand, loam, clay
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils
Frost Sensitivity: moderately sensitive
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 500
Flower Colour: pink / red
Flower Season: spring, summer

(source: SA State Flora Catalog)

Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Sapindales
Family:Rutaceae
Genus:Boronia
Species:molloyae
Common Name:Tall 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 ledifolia
  Boronia megastigma
  Boronia mollis
  Boronia muelleri
  Boronia parviflora
  Boronia safrolifera
  Boronia serrulata
  Boronia tetrandra
  Boronia thujona