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 Sm.

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].

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. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=6586. 
3. ^ "Boronia serrulata (a shrub) - rejection of vulnerable species listing". NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/Boronia+serrulata+a+shrub+-+rejection+of+vulnerable+species+listing. 

External links

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