Boronia denticulata

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The name Boronia honours Francesco Borone (1769 - 1794), Italian naturalist and plant collector, who assisted John Sibthorp in Greece and Turkey, Adam Afzelius in Sierra Leone and James Edward Smith during his European tour in 1787
The specific epithet (denticulata) is a Latin word meaning "with small teeth"

Flowers:

The flowers are arranged in groups on branching flowering stems on the ends of the branches
Each flower has a club-shaped pedicel with a single bract
The four sepals are egg-shaped and the four petals are pink to pale red
The eight stamens are hairy
Flowering mainly occurs from July to December

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Leaves:

The leaves are narrow linear to lance-shaped, mostly about 30 mm long, arranged in opposite pairs and with fine teeth along the edges

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Habit:

A slender shrub that grows to a height of 0.5–2 m and has smooth, rounded branches

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Taxonomy
Boronia denticulata was first formally described in 1807 by James Edward Smith and the description was published in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London from a specimen collected near King George Sound by Archibald Menzies.[6][7] .[8]
Distribution and habitat
This boronia grows in seasonally wet flats, floodplains and with sedges around the edge of swamps where it is often found growing in water up to 20 cm (8 in) deep. It mainly occurs around Albany, Bremer Bay and Esperance in the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Warren biogeographic regions of Western Australia.[3][5]
Conservation
Boronia denticulata is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife

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