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Boronia hemichiton

Boronia hemichiton
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Boronia hemichiton (Mt Arthur boronia) is a small erect, woody shrub from north-east Tasmania, known only from Mt Arthur. It is a rare species in the citrus family, best appreciated for its small pink or white flowers and is seldom grown in gardens.

Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist but never waterlogged, especially in summer.
Soil
Acidic, humus-rich, free-draining soil similar to its native wet heath.
Temperature
10–20 °C suits it best; tolerates cool temperate winters but protect from hard frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
NE. Tasmania
Climate
temperate

About

Boronia hemichiton, commonly known as Mt Arthur boronia is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is an erect, woody shrub with compound leaves and pink or white, four-petalled flowers.

Where it grows

The Mt Arthur boronia grows in the wet heath or scrub. It is only known from two subpopulations on Mt Arthur.

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 hemichiton 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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