Boronia oxyantha Turcz. var. oxyantha

Scientific Description

Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, glabrous. Leaves opposite, compound, 4-7 mm long, with 3 leaflets, each 3-5.5 mm long, 0.5 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels 1.2-1.5 mm long; calyx present, 2-4 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; corolla pink, petals five, 6.5-7 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, hairy on the surfaces; stamens twice as many as petals, warty with prominent raised glands, ciliate (with a marginal fringe of hairs), with an appendage. Flowers in November. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Esperance IBRA region(s). Conservation Code: Priority Two (P2).