Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Boronia pinnata
Common name
A boronia
Family
Rutaceae
Where found
Forest and heath. North of inland from Bawley Point. Coast, ranges, and the eastern edge of the tablelands. Also coastal south of Eden.
Notes
Shrub to 1.5 m high. Branchlets hairless, slightly angled to prominently 4-angled. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, opposite each other, compound, with 5–11 leaflets, the terminal leaflet mostly the shortest. Rachis 0.6–2 cm long, winged. Leaflets 0.5–2.5 cm long, 1–3 mm wide, hairless and more or less thick, margins entire and curved down to flat, tips pointed. Flowers bright pink to purplish pink, with 4 petals each 5–10 mm long. Petals overlapping each other in bud, falling early. 8 stamens. Flowers in 3–8-flowered clusters. Flowering: June–February.
Protected NSW.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Boronia~pinnata (accessed 5 January, 2021)
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