Boronia splendida is a species of plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae, and is endemic to Queensland, Australia. It is an erect shrub with most parts covered with star-like hairs and has simple, linear to narrow elliptic leaves, and pink to white, four-petalled flowers.
Boronia splendida is an erect shrub which grows to a height of 2.5sigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 with its branches, leaves and flower parts covered with star-like hairs. The leaves are linear to narrow elliptic, NaNsigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 long and NaNsigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 wide, much paler and hairy on the lower surface. There is usually only one, but sometimes up to three flowers in leaf axils on a very short peduncle, the individual flowers on a pedicel long. The four sepals are egg-shaped to triangular, NaNsigfig=2NaNsigfig=2 long, NaNsigfig=2NaNsigfig=2 wide. The petals are pink to white, NaNsigfig=2NaNsigfig=2 long, NaNsigfig=2NaNsigfig=2 wide and hairy on the back. The eight stamens have a large appendage on the end. Flowering occurs from March to November.[1] [2] [3]
Boronia splendida was first formally described in 1999 by Marco F. Duretto and the description was published in the journal Austrobaileya.[4] The specific epithet (splendida) is a Latin word meaning "bright" or "shining",[5] referring to the relatively large flowers of this species.[6]
This boronia grows in woodland between Chinchilla and Dalby.
Boronia splendida is a rare and poorly collected species but is classed as "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[7]