Boronia chartacea is a plant in the citrus familyRutaceae and is endemic to the north coast of New South Wales. It is a shrub with simple, papery leaves and bright pink flowers, usually arranged singly in the leaf axils.
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Taxonomy and naming
Boronia chartacea was first formally described in 1990 by Peter H. Weston and the description was published in Telopea from a specimen collected near Urunga.[4][1] The specific epithet (chartacea) is a Latin word meaning "of paper",[5] referring to the leaves that are papery and brittle when dried.[1]
