Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Boronia subulifolia

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

Flowering stems. Photographer Don Wood, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

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

Common name

A boronia

Family

Rutaceae

Where found

Open forest and heath, on rocky slopes. Ranges and tablelands north from Braidwood.

Notes

Shrub to 1.1 m high. Branchlets slightly angled to prominently 4-angled, more or less hairy. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, opposite each other, compound, with 5–9 leaflets, the terminal leaflet often slightly the shortest. Rachis 0.2–0.8 cm long, leaflets 0.4–1.5 cm long, 0.3–1 mm wide, more or less cylindrical, mostly hairless, margins entire, tips tapering gradually to a fine point. Flowers mostly bright pink to purplish, with 4 petals each 5–8 mm long. Petals overlapping each other in bud, falling early. 8 stamens. Flowers in 1–3 flowered clusters. Flowering: September–January.

Protected NSW.

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