Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Boronia serrulata

Flowering branch. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Flowering branches. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Shrub. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Common name

Native Rose, Rose Boronia

Family

Rutaceae

Where found

Moist heath in sandy situations. Coast, and occasionally ranges, north of Berry.

Notes

Shrub to 1.5 m high. Branchlets with 2 grooves separated by the ridges formed by the leaf bases continuing down the stems, and hairless or rarely sparsely hairy with simple hairs. Leaves strongly aromatic when rubbed, crowded, 0.7–1.8 cm long, 5–9 mm wide, hairless, thick, often red-tinged, margins finely toothed, tips pointed. Flowers bright pink, with 4 petals each 7–11 mm long. Petals overlapping each other in bud, falling early. 8 stamens. Flowers in 1–4-flowered clusters. Flowering: August–October.

Protected NSW.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Boronia~serrulata (accessed 5 January, 2020)