About Boronia stricta Bartl.
Boronia stricta (Bartl.) is a slender shrub that grows up to 2 metres (6 feet 7 inches) tall and is covered in long, soft hairs. Its leaves are pinnate, 10 to 20 millimetres (0.39 to 0.79 inches) long, and bear between five and nine leaflets. The leaflets are shaped linear to almost cylindrical, and grow up to 15 millimetres (0.59 inches) long. One, two, or three pink flowers grow in the leaf axils, each borne on a hairy pedicel that is 2 to 5 millimetres (0.079 to 0.197 inches) long. This species has four narrow triangular, hairy sepals that measure 3 to 7 millimetres (0.12 to 0.28 inches) long. The four petals are broadly elliptic, 5 to 9 millimetres (0.20 to 0.35 inches) long, pink, and marked with a dark midline. There are eight stamens, each about 2 millimetres (0.079 inches) long; the four stamens positioned closer to the sepals are swollen and have a warty tip. The style of Boronia stricta is club-shaped. Flowering occurs mainly from September to December. Boronia stricta grows in swampy habitats in the area between Margaret River, the Stirling Ranges and Albany, within the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Warren biogeographic regions.
