Native rose | |
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Boronia serrulata in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Rutaceae |
Genus: | Boronia |
Species: | B. serrulata
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Binomial name | |
Boronia serrulata | |
Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium |
Boronia serrulata, commonly known as native rose or rose boronia,[2] is a species of plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae, and is endemic to New South Wales, mainly in the Sydney basin. It is an erect, woody shrub with glabrous branchlets, simple, egg-shaped leaves with fine teeth on the edges, and bright pink, four-petalled flowers on the ends of the branchlets.