Английская Википедия:Boronia prolixa

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

Description

Boronia prolixa is a low-lying shrub that typically has branches to about Шаблон:Convert long. Its branches, leaves and some flower parts are covered with star-like hairs. The leaves are lance-shaped to egg-shaped, Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide and sessile or on a petiole up to Шаблон:Convert long. The flowers have a pedicel Шаблон:Convert long. The sepals are white to pink, egg-shaped to triangular, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The petals are Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The sepals and petals enlarge as the fruit develops. Flowering occurs mainly from February to June.[1][2]

Taxonomy and naming

Boronia prolixa was first formally described in 1997 by Marco F. Duretto who published the description in Australian Systematic Botany.[3] The specific epithet (prolixa) is a Latin word meaning "stretched out" or "long".[4]

Distribution and habitat

Boronia prolixa grows in sandstone heath and woodland on the north-western Arnhem Plateau.[1][2]

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