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Boronia minutipinna

Boronia minutipinna is a small, much-branched shrub in the citrus family, endemic to a tiny area of the Kimberley in north-western Australia. It grows in sandy soil between boulders and is not a commonly cultivated garden plant.

Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly, letting the soil dry between waterings, as it is adapted to a seasonally dry climate.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or gritty mix.
Temperature
Warm conditions suited to a seasonally dry tropical climate; protect from frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
N. Western Australia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Boronia minutipinna is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to a small area in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with many branches, hairy stems and leaves, pinnate leaves and white to pink, four-petalled flowers with the sepals longer and wider than the petals.

Where it grows

Boronia minutipinna is only known from the Osmond Plateau in the Kimberley region of Western Australia where it grows in sand between boulders.

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 minutipinna 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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