Boronia revoluta Paul G.Wilson
Ironcaps Boronia

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, 8-10 mm long, with 3 leaflets, each 5-7 mm long, 1-1.2 mm wide, flat, the margins revolute, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, with stellate (star shaped) hairs; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers pedicels 3-4 mm long; calyx present, 4-5 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped); corolla pink, petals four, 6-8 mm long, valvate (not overlapping), free, hairy on the surfaces; stamens twice as many as petals. Flowers in July and August. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Mallee IBRA region(s). Conservation Code: Threatened (T).