Английская Википедия:Boronia spathulata
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Boronia spathulata is a plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a glabrous shrub with well-spaced, simple, egg-shaped to elliptic leaves, and pink, four-petalled flowers.
Description
Boronia spathulata is a glabrous shrub that grows to a height of about Шаблон:Cvt and has well-spaced, narrow elliptic to broadly egg-shaped leaves that are Шаблон:Convert long. Leaves near the ends of the branchlets are usually more or less cylindrical. The flowers are arranged in cymes that have a short peduncle, the individual flowers on a red pedicel that has small bracts at its base. The side flowers have a pedicel Шаблон:Convert long. There are four triangular to egg-shaped sepals Шаблон:Convert long and four pink, egg-shaped petals Шаблон:Convert long. The eight stamens are hairy with a small white tip on the anther and the stigma is only slightly larger than the style. Flowers are present in most months.[1][2]
Taxonomy and naming
Boronia spathulata was first formally described in 1839 by John Lindley and the description was published in A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony.[3][4] The specific epithet (spathulata) is derived from the Latin word spathe meaning "any broad blade, paddle for stirring and mixing".[5]
Distribution and habitat
This boronia grows in sand near swamps or rivers and in jarrah forest. It occurs between Perth and Augusta and east to Israelite Bay.[1][2][6]
Conservation
Boronia spathulata is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[2]
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