Boronia rosmarinifolia A.Cunn. ex Endl. APNI* 
Description: Shrub 0.3–1 m high; branchlets tomentose.
Leaves 1-foliolate, lamina linear-oblong to narrow-oblong, 6–40 mm long, 1.5–3 mm wide, apex mostly obtuse, margins entire and revolute to recurved, upper surface glabrous to sparsely stellate-hairy (especially along midvein), lower surface tomentose and paler; sessile.
Inflorescences axillary, 1-flowered; pedicel 2–7 mm long. Calyx tomentose. Petals 7–9 mm long, valvate, pale to bright pink or rarely white, tomentose, persistent in fruit.
Cocci glabrous.
Flowering: July–October
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in dry sclerophyll forest on sandstone and coastal sand; chiefly north from Grafton.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Specimens from NWS and CWS previously included under this taxon are now included with B. glabra as the hirsute Pilliga form.
Text by P.H. Weston & M.F. Duretto
Taxon concept: M.F. Duretto (1999)
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