About Boronia glabra (Maiden & Betche) Cheel
Boronia glabra is an erect or weak, many-branched shrub that reaches a height of 0.4 to 1.5 meters (1 to 5 feet). Its young branches are covered with white hairs. The leaves of this species are elliptic, measuring 5 to 35 millimeters (0.2 to 1 inch) long and 1.5 to 7 millimeters (0.06 to 0.3 inch) wide, with a paler underside. Bright pink flowers grow singly in leaf axils, each on a stalk called a pedicel that is 1 to 6 millimeters (0.039 to 0.24 inch) long. This species has four sepals that are egg-shaped to triangular, about 3 millimeters (0.12 inch) long and 1 to 2 millimeters (0.039 to 0.079 inch) wide. It also has four petals that are 4 to 7 millimeters (0.16 to 0.28 inch) long and 2.5 to 3.5 millimeters (0.098 to 0.14 inch) wide, and the petals enlarge as the plant's fruit develops. The eight stamens have glandular hairs near their tips. Flowering takes place from July to October. The fruit of Boronia glabra is 5 to 6 millimeters (0.20 to 0.24 inch) long and 2 to 3 millimeters (0.079 to 0.12 inch) wide. This boronia grows in open woodland, in the area between Eidsvold, Queensland and Cowra, New South Wales.
