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Boronia cymosa Endl.
Granite Boronia

Reference
Endl., Fenzl, Benth. & Schott, Enum.Pl. 16 (1837)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect shrub, 0.2-0.6 m high. Fl. pink, Feb or May or Jul to Nov. Sandy often gravelly soils. Granite outcrops, rocky hillsides, sandplains.

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, glabrous. Leaves opposite, simple, 15-42 mm long, 0.4-1 mm wide, flat, the margins revolute, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers in terminal, loose clusters (cymes or panicles); pedicels 3-4 mm long; calyx present, 3-4 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; corolla pink, petals four, 6-8.5 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, 2-2.5 mm long, warty with prominent raised glands, hairy, with an appendage. Flowers in February, May, July, August, September, October and November. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Carnarvon, Yalgoo, Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Geraldton IBRA region(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Edel, Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Canning, Chapman Valley, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Kalamunda, Mundaring, Northampton, Shark Bay, Swan, Three Springs.