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Boronia coerulescens F.Muell.
Family Rutaceae
Common name: Blue Boronia

Boronia coerulescens F.Muell. APNI*

Synonyms: Boronia caerulescens F.Muell. APNI*

Description: Herb to spreading shrub, 0.2–0.6 m high; branchlets glabrous to sparsely hairy, glandular-warty.

Leaves 1-foliolate, lamina linear-oblong, 2–8 mm long, 0.5–1.5 mm wide, ± terete or flat, apex obtuse, margins entire, thick, ± glabrous, glandular-warty; sessile or petiole c. 0.5 mm long.

Inflorescences axillary, 1- or rarely 2-flowered; pedicels 2–4 mm long. Calyx glabrous. Petals 3–5 mm long, imbricate, white to bluish mauve, glabrous, persistent in fruit.

Cocci glabrous.


Flower
Photo Tanja Lenz

Flowering: Flowers September–November

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in mallee communities on sand, chiefly in Willandra Lakes district.
NSW subdivisions: SFWP
Other Australian states: Vic. S.A. W.A.
AVH map***

Text by P.H. Weston & M.F. Duretto
Taxon concept:

N.S.W. occurrences are: subsp. coerulescens

APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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