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Boronia crassipes

Boronia crassipes
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0

Boronia crassipes is a spindly, erect shrub from south-west Western Australia, grown for its small pale red or mauve four-petalled flowers. It suits a cool, moist, well-drained spot in acidic soil, and it is rarely cultivated outside its native range.

Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist, avoiding waterlogging in summer and drying out.
Soil
Acidic, peaty or sandy, well-drained mix.
Temperature
10–25 °C; protect from frost and sustained heat above 30 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Western Australia (Mt. Wuljenup)
Climate
subtropical

About

Boronia crassipes is a plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, spindly, glabrous shrub with simple leaves, and pale red or pale mauve, four petalled flowers.

Where it grows

This boronia grows peaty heath, in winter-wet sawamps and along creeklines near Albany in the Jarrah Forest and Warren biogeographic regions.

Other Boronia plants

Barbalin boronia · Winged Boronia · Boronia albiflora · Alpine Boronia · Boronia alulata · Boronia amabilis · Boronia amplectens · Boronia anceps · Cyanothamnus anemonifolius · Cyanothamnus quadrangulus · Boronia angustisepala · Boronia anomala

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Boronia crassipes by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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