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Boronia marcoana R.L.Barrett & M.D.Barrett
Duretto's Boronia

Reference
Nuytsia 26:100, 102, 103-105, Figs 4E-F, 5C, 6C, 7E-F, 8C-D, 9C, 10 (2015)
Conservation Code
Priority One
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped). Leaves opposite, compound, 15-50 mm long, with 5-15 leaflets, each 5-6 mm long, 3-4 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 10-10.5 mm long; calyx present, 4-5 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped); corolla pink, petals four, 4-5 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, hairy on the surfaces; stamens twice as many as petals. Flowers in March. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the North Kimberley IBRA region(s). Conservation Code: Priority One (P1).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Northern Kimberley.
IBRA Subregions
Mitchell.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Wyndham-East Kimberley.