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Boronia baeckeacea F.Muell. subsp. baeckeacea

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Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Not Current

Slender or straggling shrub, 0.2-1 m high, leaves simple, erect, sub-orbicular, 2-3 mm long. Fl. pink & white, Mar to Sep or Nov to Dec. Over granite or limestone or in heavy soil.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 19 May 1998
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Scientific Description

Shrub, Spines absent, surface smooth, without distinct raised glands, cross-section +/- cylindrical. Indumentum Presence covered in hairs or scales, Type stellate (star shaped) hairs. Leaves Position opposite, Indumentum glabrous, Complexity simple, Cross section of leaves or leaflets flat, Margins flat, Surface smooth, without distinct raised glands, Stipular excrescences absent. Length mm long 2-2.5. Width mm wide 1.2-1.5. Inflorescences flowers in axillary, loose clusters (cymes or panicles). Pedicel length mm long 1-3. Calyx Presence present. Indumentum Presence covered in hairs or scales, Type stellate (star shaped) hairs. Length mm long 2-3. Corolla lobes Colour pink or white or cream, Number four, Petals valvate (meeting edge to edge) not valvate (overlapping), Corolla lobes (fused into tube) not connate, Prominent raised glands absent. Indumentum Presence hairy on the margins only. Length mm long 3.5-6.5. Stamens Number twice as many as petals. Filaments Surface smooth. Indumentum Presence glabrous. Length mm long 1.5. Anthers Appendage present. Length (including stigma) mm long 2. Indumentum Type simple hairs (?). Flowering Time March, April, May, June, July, August, September, November or December. Distribution Botanical Province Eremaean or South-West, IBRA Bioregion Coolgardie, Mallee or Esperance.