Boronia virgata Paul G.Wilson

Scientific Description

Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, glabrous. Leaves opposite, compound, 5-12 mm long, with 3 leaflets, each 4-5 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 axillary, solitary or in axillary, loose clusters (cymes or panicles); pedicels 6-7 mm long; calyx present, 3-5.5 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped); corolla pink, petals four, 6.5-10 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, hairy on the surfaces; stamens twice as many as petals, 2-3 mm long, smooth, hairy; anthers 1-1.4 mm long, without an appendage; style 0.5-1 mm long. Flowers in August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Jarrah Forest and Warren IBRA region(s). Conservation Code: Priority Four (P4).