Boronia citrata
N.G.Walsh Lemon BoroniaErect shrub to 0.8(–1.5) m high, minutely hispid throughout (not obviously glandular), pungently lemon-scented. Leaves pinnate with 5–11 leaflets, to 15 mm long and wide; leaflets narrowly obovate, 2–7 mm long, 1–3 mm wide, obtuse, c. concolorous, margins entire or slightly and irregularly indented; petioles 1.5–3.5 mm long. Inflorescence terminal or in upper axils, 1–5-flowered; peduncle 0–5 mm long; pedicels 3–7 mm long. Sepals deltoid, 1–1.6 mm long, imbricate; petals 4–6.5 mm long, pale to rosy pink, imbricate, midrib not raised, deciduous; stamen filaments pilose; style glabrous, subequal to globular stigma. Follicles, 3–3.5 mm long; seeds 2–3 mm long, dark brown, shiny. Flowers spring–summer.
HSF, VAlp. Endemic to Victoria where recorded from the upper catchment area of the Macalister River, north and east of Licola, with an isolated population in the upper catchment of the Yarra River. Populations in the Macalister catchment occur in subalpine mallee and heath communities on shallow soils, while the population in the Yarra catchment occurs in Peppermint woodland on steep north-west facing slopes in shallow soils.
Duretto, M.F. (1999). Rutaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 153–197. Inkata Press, Melbourne.