Boronia serrulata

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Native Rose
Illustration by Edward Minchen
Illustration by Edward Minchen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Boronia
Species: B. serrulata
Binomial name
Boronia serrulata
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Boronia serrulata (commonly called the Native Rose) is a shrub about 1m high. 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].

Its natural distribution is restricted to Hawkesbury sandstone of the Sydney basin where it often grows around exposed sandstone outcrops[2].

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  1. New South Wales Flora Online: Boronia serrulata by P.H. Weston & M.F. Duretto, Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia