Английская Википедия:Boronia laxa

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Boronia laxa is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to a small area in the Northern Territory, Australia. It is a low-lying, short-lived shrub with hairy branches, leaves and flower parts, simple leaves and white to mauve flowers with the sepals longer and wider than the petals.

Description

Boronia laxa is a semi-prostrate, short-lived shrub that typically grows to about Шаблон:Convert high and Шаблон:Convert wide with many branches. Its branches, leaves and some flower parts are covered with star-like hairs. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, simple, elliptic, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide on a petiole Шаблон:Convert long. The flowers are white to pink or mauve on a pedicel Шаблон:Convert long. The sepals are lance-shaped to egg-shaped, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide and the petals are Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The sepals and petals enlarge as the fruit develops. Flowering occurs mainly from January to June.[1][2]

Taxonomy and naming

Boronia laxa was first formally described in 1997 by Marco F. Duretto who published the description in Australian Systematic Botany.[3] The specific epithet (laxa) is a Latin word meaning "loose", "slack" or "unstrung".[4]

Distribution and habitat

Boronia laxa grows in sandstone heath and woodland on Mount Brockman in Kakadu National Park and on the nearby Arnhem Plateau.[1][2]

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