Species of flowering plant
Boronia gracilipes, commonly known as karri boronia,[2] is a plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, spindly shrub with compound leaves and pink, four-petalled flowers.
Description
Boronia gracilipes is an erect, spindly shrub that usually grows to a height of 0.3–1.2 m (0.98–3.9 ft) tall, its stems covered with long, soft hairs. It has flat, compound leaves less than 10 mm (0.39 in) long, usually with five or seven lance-shaped to oblong leaflets. The flowers are pink and arranged singly in leaf axils on a pedicel 10–30 mm (0.39–1.2 in) long. The four sepals are triangular to almost round and overlap at their bases. The petals are about 8 mm (0.31 in) long and glabrous with their bases overlapping. The stigma is large and oval, almost without a style. Flowering occurs mainly from July to December.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy and naming
Boronia gracilipes was first formally described in 1860 by Ferdinand von Mueller and the description was published in Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae.[5][6] The specific epithet (gracilipes) is derived from the Latin words gracilis meaning "slender"[7]: 791 and pes meaning "foot".[7]: 343
Distribution and habitat
Karri boronia grows in shady places in gullies and granite outcrops in the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Warren biogeographic regions of Western Australia.[2]
Conservation
Boronia gracilipes is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[2]
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