Boronia > Boronia crenulata > Boronia crenulata
Boronia crenulata
Aniseed Boronia
| Family |
| Rutaceae |
| Genus |
| Boronia |
| Species |
| crenulata |
| Type |
| Shrub (evergreen) |
| Height |
| 0.7 - 1 m |
| Spread |
| 0.7 - 1 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Landscape |
| Ornamental use and container planting. |
| Cultivation |
| Moist, well-drained loamy and sandy loam soils with a pH of acid and neutral. Tolerates light frost. |
| Pests |
| May occasionally attract scale and mealy-bugs. |
| Habitat |
| Sand plains, swampy costal areas, salt lakes and rocky outcrops. |
| Leaf Description |
| The leaves are variable in shape, 20 mm long, 2 mm wide are strap-like or egg-shapped with a narrower end towards the base. Usually have a few long soft hairs on the leaves and the margin has a few small teeth. |
| Flower Description |
| Star-shaped, scattered singly or in small groups in leaf axils or at the end of the stems. Blooms are about 15 mm wide and bloom from May to December or January to February. The sepals are egg-shapped to triangular, 1.5 - 2 mm long and have a sharp pointed tip. There are 4 glabrous petals and eight stamens. |
| Colour Description |
| The flowers are pink. The leaves are green. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Kings Park and Botanical Garden, Perth, Australia. |
| Propagation |
| Seed, softwood cutting, semi-hardwood cutting and layering. |
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