Family: Rutaceae
Plant: Shrub to 1m high but usually much shorter.
Flowers: Bright pink, waxy cup-shaped flowers in dense terminal clusters with 4 petals 7-11mm long and eight yellow stamens. Flowers are highly perfumed.
Flowering: August-November.
Fruit: A small red coccus.
Leaves: Erect diamond-shaped leaves with minute, regular serrations along their margins. The leaves are 7-18mm long and 5-9mm wide, crowded and aromatic.
Habitat: Common in damp, sandy, open areas in heathland.
Features: Serrated diamond-shaped leaves. Conspicuous, highly perfumed, bright pink flowers.
Name:
Boronia After Francis Borone the Italian assistant to English botanical author Dr. Sidthorp.
serrulata From Latin serra = saw, the diminutive ula and atus = like (referring to the small serrations on its leaf margins).
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Type |
Tree |
Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Tubular/Bell-shaped, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Pink |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
4 |
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Flowering Month |
8, 9, 10, 11 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Other |
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Colour |
Red |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Opposite, Crowded |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Other |
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Length |
Small |
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Margins |
Toothed/Serrated |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
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- |
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Habitat |
Heathland |
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