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Boronia polygalifolia Sm.
Family Rutaceae
Common name: Dwarf Boronia

Boronia polygalifolia Sm. APNI*

Description: Shrub or herb, 0.08–0.6 m high, glabrous; branchlets with 2 grooves separated by decurrent leaf bases.

Leaves 1-foliolate, lamina linear-elliptic to elliptic, 6–30 mm long, 1–6 mm wide, apex acute, margins entire, revolute to recurved, lower surface slightly paler; sessile or petiole c. 1 mm long.

Inflorescences axillary, 1-flowered; pedicel 2–6 mm long. Calyx glabrous. Petals 4–6 mm long, imbricate, pale to bright pink, persistent in fruit.

Cocci glabrous.


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Flowering: most of year, mainly September–January

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in open forest and heath or on rocky outcrops; north from Moruya and Geehi districts.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST
Other Australian states: Qld
AVH map***

Text by P.H. Weston & M.F. Duretto
Taxon concept: M.C. Duretto (2003)


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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