Boronia microphylla Sieb. ex Rchb.
Half hardy, low shrubby perennial with rose-pink to rose-purple flowers, usually 1-3 to a cyme, in spring and summer. To 1m. [FNSW, Beadle].
Horticultural & Botanical History
Introduced to Britain in 1803. [JD].
History at Camden Park
Listed only in the 1857 catalogue [T.170/1857]. Probably did not thrive at Camden. Live specimens were sent to Loddiges’ Nursery on 16th April 1846 [MP A2933-1, p.147]. It seems that this importation was unsuccessful as Macarthur wrote to Loddiges’ on 1st February 1849: ‘I am sorry I cannot send you Boronia microphylla. It grows only in one locality that I am aware of and I cannot get a cart within ten miles of it. The soil it grows in is peculiar and such as we cannot at all imitate, a poor, hungry white loam of very fine grain yet compact at the same time but not the slightest approach to a clayey loam.’ [A2933-1, p.185].
Notes
Published Feb 14, 2010 - 04:49 PM | Last updated Jul 31, 2010 - 03:02 PM
| Family | Rutaceae |
|---|---|
| Category | |
| Region of origin | Eastern Australia |
| Synonyms | |
| Common Name | Small-leaved boronia |
| Name in the Camden Park Record |
Boronia microphylla |
| Confidence level | high |