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Boronia kalumburuensis Duretto

Reference
Nuytsia 11:324-325,Fig.10P-S (1997)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Sprawling shrub, 0.4-0.5 m high, leaves pinnate, pinnae 15-27; sepals longer and wider than petals, 3.5-5 mm long. Fl. white-pink, May to Jul. Sandstones and quartzites.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 11 December 1998

Scientific Description

Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped). Leaves opposite, compound, 8-40 mm long, with 9-25 leaflets, each 5-10 mm long, 0.5-3.5 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, with stellate (star shaped) hairs; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers; pedicels 6-20 mm long; calyx present, 2-5 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped); corolla pink or white or cream, petals four, 2-3.5 mm long, valvate (not overlapping), free, hairy on the surfaces; stamens twice as many as petals, smooth, hairy. Flowers in May, June and July. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the North Kimberley IBRA region(s). Conservation Code: Priority Three (P3).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 14 November 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Northern Kimberley.
IBRA Subregions
Mitchell.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Wyndham-East Kimberley.