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The Western Australian Herbarium’s collections management system, WAHerb, and DBCA’s taxonomic names application, WACensus, have been set to read-only mode since 1 October 2025. Recent taxonomic changes are not reflected in Florabase, herbarium collections, or in the census. We are hoping to be able to reinstate services around December 15; we will provide an update at that time.

The notice period started at 9:00 am on Wednesday, 1 October 2025 +08:00 and will end at 12:00 pm on Monday, 15 December 2025 +08:00.

Boronia lanuginosa Endl.
Red Boronia

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

Shrub, 0.4-1.5 m high, leaves pinnate, pinnae 11-27, linear, margins revolute; sepals longer and wider than petals. Fl. white/pink, Jan to Sep. Sandstones and sand. On sandstone in gullies and creekbeds, or in open woodland and forest.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 11 December 1998

Scientific Description

Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, covered in hairs or scales or glabrous, the hairs stellate (star-shaped). Leaves alternate, compound, 6-80 mm long, with 10-35 leaflets, each 5-25 mm long, 1-3 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, with stellate (star shaped) hairs; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers; pedicels 4-10 mm long; calyx present, 4-10 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands; corolla pink or white or cream, petals four, 4-10 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free; stamens twice as many as petals. Flowers in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August and September. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the Victoria Bonaparte IBRA region(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Keep.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Wyndham-East Kimberley.