Boronia umbellata, commonly known as the Orara boronia,[1] is a plant in the citrus familyRutaceae and is endemic to a small area on the north coast of New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with many branches, aromatic, pinnate leaves and clusters of up to ten dark pink flowers in the leaf axils.
Boronia umbellata is an open shrub grows to a height of about Шаблон:Convert and has many densely hairy branches. The leaves are pinnate with leaves with three, five or seven leaflets and are Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide in outline with a petioleШаблон:Convert long. The end leaflet is elliptic in shape, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide and the side leaflets are similar but shorter. The flowers are dark pink and are arranged singly or in groups of up to ten in leaf axils, each flower on a pedicelШаблон:Convert long. The four sepals are triangular to egg-shaped, Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide and hairy on the lower side. The four petals are Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert with scattered hairs. The eight stamens alternate in length with those near the sepals longer than those near the petals. Flowering occurs from June to November and the fruit is a smooth capsule.[2][3]
The Orara boronia grows in and near damp gullies in forest but is only known from a few locations between Lower Bucca and Glenreagh near Coffs Harbour.[2][1]
