Английская Википедия:Boronia humifusa

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Boronia humifusa is a plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low-growing, mostly hairless, wiry perennial with four-angled branches, simple, flat leaves and pink or red, four-petalled flowers in groups on the ends of the branches.

Description

Boronia humifusa is a low-growing perennial with four-angled stems that grows to a height of about Шаблон:Convert and is mostly glabrous. The leaves are simple, oblong to elliptic, Шаблон:Convert long and slightly rough on the upper surface. The flowers are pink to red and are borne in cymes, each flower on a pedicel Шаблон:Convert long. The four sepals are triangular, Шаблон:Convert long with pimply glands. The four petals are elliptic, Шаблон:Convert long with a rounded end and their bases overlapping. The eight stamens are hairy and similar to each other. Flowering occurs in June or September.[1][2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Boronia humifusa was first formally described in 1998 by Paul G. Wilson and the description was published in Nuytsia from a specimen collected near the Capel to Donnybrook road.[1][4] The specific epithet (humifusa) is a Latin word meaning "spread-out over the ground", referring to the habit of this boronia.[1]

Distribution and habitat

This boronia grows is only known from the area between Busselton and Donnybrook where it grows in open forest.[1][3]

Conservation

Boronia humifusa is classified as "Priority One" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife[3] meaning that it is known from only one or a few locations which are potentially at risk.[5]

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