Browse by Family: Rutaceae


Plant Group: Dicotyledon

Family Description:
Trees or shrubs with alternate glandular aromatic leaves that are simple or compound. Flowers are bisexual and regular with four or five sepals and four or five petals. Stamens may be double or treble the number of petals, ovary is superior.

Genera Species Images
Boronia
Dwarf bushy shrubs, leaves strong-smelling, flowers pink or white, petals four, star-like, stamens eight.
parviflora
Image: Lorraine Norden
Boronia
Dwarf bushy shrubs, leaves strong-smelling, flowers pink or white, petals four, star-like, stamens eight.
nana subsp. var. hyssopifolia
Correa
Dwarf shrubs with spreading undivided aromatic leaves in pairs, petals four.
alba
Image: Freya Thomas
Image: Freya Thomas
Correa
Dwarf shrubs with spreading undivided aromatic leaves in pairs, petals four.
reflexa
Image: David Meagher
Zieria
arborescens

Classification:

Genus Species
Boronia Boronia parviflora
Boronia Boronia nana subsp. var. hyssopifolia
Correa Correa alba
Correa Correa reflexa
Zieria Zieria arborescens