Boronia serrulata

Native rose
Illustration by Edward Minchen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Boronia
Species: B. serrulata
Binomial name
Boronia serrulata

Boronia serrulata, commonly called the native rose or Sydney rose, is a shrub about 1m high with a 1m spread. It has crowded rhomboid leaves and bright pink cup-shaped flowers with a pleasant fragrance. Like many other Boronias, the leaves are strongly aromatic when crushed .[1]

Boronia serrulata was first described by James Edward Smith in 1798.[2]

Its natural distribution is restricted to Hawkesbury sandstone of the Sydney basin where it often grows around exposed sandstone outcrops.[3]

Native Rose, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia

References

  1. ↑ Boronia serrulata - Stuart Donaldson (1981), Growing Native Plants, Australian National Botanic Gardens
  2. ↑ "Boronia serrulata Sm". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  3. ↑ "Boronia serrulata (a shrub) - rejection of vulnerable species listing". NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.
  • P.H. Weston & M.F. Duretto. "New South Wales Flora Online: Boronia serrulata". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia.
  • "Boronia serrulata Sm". Atlas of Living Australia.


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