Australian Native Plants

  Boronia floribunda (Pale-pink Boronia)


Boronia floribunda photo
Foliage and flowers of Boronia floribunda at Mt Wilson NSW,

Photograph by P. Ollerenshaw. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)




PALE-PINK BORONIA FACTS

distribution map showing range of Boronia floribunda in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License


Common Name
Pale-pink Boronia

Description
Pale-pink Boronia is an erect shrub that grows to about 1 m tall. The leaves are pinnate with five, seven or nine narrow elliptic leaflets. The leaflets grow up to 25 mm long and 3 mm wide. Pale pink or darker pink flowers are produced from the leaf axils in spring and early summer from September to January. The flower has four sepals about 3 mm long, and four petals about 3.5 mm to 6 mm to 15 mm long, and eight stamens.

Habitat
forest, woodland, heath

Distribution
Pale-pink Boronia is found in the Sydney region in New South Wales

Growth Characteristics
Height: 0.5m - 1.5m
Spread: 1m - 1.5m

Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Sapindales
Family:Rutaceae
Genus:Boronia
Species:floribunda
Common Name:Pale-pink Boronia


Relatives in same Genus
  Boronia anemonifolia
  Boronia citriodora
  Boronia crenulata
  Boronia cymosa
  Boronia deanei
  Boronia filifolia
  Boronia fraseri
  Boronia gracilipes
  Boronia heterophylla
  Boronia ledifolia
  Boronia megastigma
  Boronia mollis
  Boronia molloyae
  Boronia muelleri
  Boronia parviflora
  Boronia safrolifera
  Boronia serrulata
  Boronia tetrandra
  Boronia thujona