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Boronia safrolifera

Boronia safrolifera
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY-SA 3.0

Boronia safrolifera, safrole boronia, is an erect woody shrub from eastern Australia, grown for its small white to pink flowers. It needs moist soil and a sunny to lightly shaded spot, and is best suited to mild climates.

Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged, since the species grows naturally near swamp margins.
Soil
Moist, humus-rich, acidic to neutral soil with good drainage.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Queensland to NE. & CE. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Boronia safrolifera, commonly known as safrole boronia, is a species of flowering plant that is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect, woody shrub with pinnate leaves that have up to nineteen leaflets, and white to pink, four-petalled flowers.

Where it grows

Safrole boronia grows around the margins of swamps in near-coastal areas of New South Wales north from Port Stephens to Bribie Island in south-eastern 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 safrolifera 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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