Desert Boronia
Flower
Oil Bush
Bush
| Desert Boronia Flower | | Oil Bush Bush | | ||
 | Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) | |||
| Order: | Soapberries (Sapindales) | ||||
| Family: | Citrus (Rutaceae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Desert Boronia (Boronia inornata ssp leptophylla) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍Flowers🔎 | ||||
| Other name: | Dryland Boronia | ||||
Thank you Alan Dandie for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere The buds are prettier than the flower; Hot pink shades which gives the whole shrub a pink colouration (this fades as it blooms). The buds and flowers range from white to deep pink. The buds can also be single coloured or variegated. Cylindrical / baseball bat, green, shiny leaves. New stems are rusty brown. | |||||
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