Boronia stricta Bartl.

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, 8-15 mm long, with 5-7 leaflets, each 7-13 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, with simple hairs or stellate (star shaped) hairs; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers axillary, solitary or in axillary, loose clusters (cymes or panicles); pedicels 4-4.5 mm long; calyx present, 3-5 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped); corolla pink, petals four, 7-10 mm long, valvate (not overlapping), free, hairy on the surfaces; stamens twice as many as petals, warty with prominent raised glands, glabrous, with an appendage; style 0.5-1 mm long. Flowers in January, February, March, April, May, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Jarrah Forest, Warren and Esperance IBRA region(s).