Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Boronia polygalifolia

Flowers and leaves. Photographer Jackie Miles, Meringo

Flower, flower bud, and leaves. Photographer Jackie Miles

Common name

Dwarf boronia, Milkwort boronia

Family

Rutaceae

Where found

Forest, heath, rocky outcrops, and moist places. Coast and ranges.

Notes

Shrub or perennial herb to 0.6 m high, sometimes sprawling. Branchlets with 2 grooves separated by leaf bases continuing down the stems, hairless. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, opposite each other, 0.6–3 cm long, 1–6 mm wide, lower surface slightly paler than the upper surface, margins entire, rolled to curved down, tips pointed. Flowers pale to bright pink, with 4 petals each 4–6.5 mm long. Petals overlapping each other in bud, persistent at the seeding stage. 8 stamens. Flowers single, occasionally in clusters of 2-3. Flowering: most of year

Protected NSW.

Endangered Vic.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Boronia~polygalifolia (accessed 5 January, 2021)