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Key's boronia

Boronia keysii

Key's boronia
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Queensland (Wide Bay)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Boronia keysii, commonly known as Keys boronia, is a flowering plant that is endemic to Queensland in Australia. It is a sprawling shrub with thin stems, hairy young shoots, pinnate leaves and pink, four-petalled flowers over a long period.

Where it grows

Key's boronia is usually found in the ecotone between forest and heath and commonly as an understorey species in open forest. It is only known from the Cooloola region near Lake Cootharaba.

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 keysii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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