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Boronia crenulata Sm.
Aniseed Boronia

Reference
Trans.Linn.Soc.London 8:284 (1807)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, 0.25-1.2 m high. Fl. pink-purple-red, May to Dec or Jan to Feb. White-grey sand, clay, clay loam, gravel, laterite, limestone. Outcrops, salt lakes, coastal areas, wet or swampy sites, valleys, disturbed sites.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 March 2007
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Edel, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, Shark Bay, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Beverley, Boddington, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Carnamah, Cockburn, Collie, Coorow, Corrigin, Cranbrook, Dardanup, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Gosnells, Harvey, Irwin, Jerramungup, Kalamunda, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kojonup, Kondinin, Kulin, Kwinana, Lake Grace, Mandurah, Manjimup, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Narembeen, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Shark Bay, Wandering, Waroona, West Arthur, Wickepin, Williams, Wyalkatchem.