Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Boronia deanei
Common name
Deane's Boronia
Family
Rutaceae
Where found
Dry forest on poorly drained soils. Wet heath, often at the margins of open forest adjoining swamps or along streams. Ranges.
subsp. acutifolia: Mainley ranges south of Wollongong and in Morton National Park.
subsp. deanei: Mainly ranges in Wollemi National Park and Kanagra Boyd National Park.
Notes
Shrub to 1.5 m high. Branchlets slightly angled, hairless, moderately covered with minute warts. Leaves strongly aromatic when rubbed, opposite each other, crowded, 0.2–1.2 cm long, 0.5–2 mm wide, almost cylindrical, upper surface smooth, lower surface prominently glandular-warty, tips pointed to blunt, margins entire and thick. Flowers white to bright pink, with 4 petals each 4–5 mm long, falling early. Petals overlapping each other in bud. 8 stamens. Flowers in 1–3 flowered clusters. Flowers Winter to Summer.
Vulnerable Australia. Vulnerable NSW. Protected NSW.
subsp. acutifolia: Tips of leaves pointed; branchlets moderately covered with minute warts, and with a dense line of these along the leaf bases which continue down the stems. Leaves often arched or straight, 0.5–1.2 cm long, about 1 mm wide, margins entire but toothed with minute teeth along the entire length, lower surface prominently glandular-warty
subsp. deanei: Tips of leaves blunt; stems sparsely covered with minute warts. Leaves straight, 0.2–1 cm long, 0.5–1 mm wide, margins toothed with minute teeth, especially towards the tips, lower surface slightly glandular warty.
NSW Threatened Species profile of species: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedSpeciesApp/profile.aspx?id=10097 (accessed 4 January, 2021)
PlantNET description of species and key to subspecies: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Boronia~deanei (accessed 4 January, 2021)
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