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Boronia crassifolia Bartl.

Reference
Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1:169 (1845)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Multi-stemmed, spreading shrub, 0.1-0.3(-0.6) m high. Fl. white-cream-green, Aug to Dec. Grey/yellow sand, laterite. Sandplains, dunes.

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, the hairs simple. Leaves opposite, compound, 5-10 mm long, with 2-3 leaflets, each 7-11 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels 2-2.5 mm long; calyx present, 2 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; corolla pink, white or cream or green, petals four, 5 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, with an appendage. Flowers in August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Hampton, Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Esperance and Geraldton IBRA region(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Hampton, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Hampton, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Beverley, Carnamah, Coorow, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Wagin, Wickepin, Williams, Woodanilling.