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Boronia albiflora Benth.

Reference
Fl.Austral. 1:317 (1863)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, soft shrub, 0.1-0.7(-1.5) m high. Fl. pink/pink-white, Jan to Dec. Often sandy soils.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 15 August 1996
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Scientific Description

Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, covered in hairs or scales. Leaves opposite, compound, 6.5-7.5 mm long, with 3-5 leaflets, each 4-4.5 mm long, 1-1.2 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels 1-2 mm long; calyx present, 2.5-3 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; corolla pink or white or cream, petals four, 6-7 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, 2 mm long, smooth, ciliate (with a marginal fringe of hairs); anthers 0.2-0.5 mm long, with an appendage. Flowers in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Esperance IBRA region(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Cranbrook, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe.