Boronia deanei subsp. acutifolia Duretto APNI* 
Description: Erect shrub 0.2–1.5 m high, glabrous; branchlets slightly angled, moderately covered with minute warts, and with a dense line of these along the decurrent leaf bases.
Leaves aromatic, crowded, 1-foliolate, lamina ± terete, linear to narrow-elliptic, often arched or straight, 5–12 mm long, c. 1 mm wide, apex acute, margins entire but minutely toothed along entire length, thick, upper surface smooth, lower surface prominently glandular-warty; sessile.
Inflorescences terminal, 1–3-flowered; pedicels 1–3 mm long. Petals 4–5 mm long, imbricate, white to bright pink, not persistent in fruit. Staminal filaments glabrous.
Cocci glabrous.
Flowering: September–November
Distribution and occurrence: Rare, occurs in two disjunct areas centred on Fitzroy Falls and Nalbaugh National Park. Grows in wet heath on sandstone.
NSW subdivisions: CT, ST, CC
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Vulnerable; Commonwealth EPBC: Vulnerable
Text by D.M. Crayn
Taxon concept: M.C. Duretto (2003)
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