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Boronia obovata

Boronia obovata
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0

Boronia obovata is a small, many-branched Australian shrub from the Blackdown Tableland in central Queensland, grown for its pink four-petalled flowers. It is a native of sandstone eucalypt woodland, so it needs well-drained soil and a sunny, open spot.

Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the soil to dry out between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, acidic, sandy or sandy-loam soil; native to sandstone country.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Queensland (Leichhardt)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Boronia obovata is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to the Blackdown Tableland National Park in Queensland, Australia. It is an erect shrub with many branches, leaves usually with three leaflets, and pink, four-petalled flowers.

Where it grows

This boronia grows in eucalypt woodland and forest on sandstone on the Blackdown Tableland in central Queensland.

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 obovata 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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