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|genus=Boronia
|species=molloyae
|taxo_author=J.Drumm.
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'''''Boronia molloyae''''' (commonly called the '''Tall Boronia''') is a shrub in the ''[[Boronia]]'' genus that grows in sandy soils in South West coastal regions of [[Western Australia]]. It is a slender shrub with springtime red-pink flowers commonly found along creeks, streams and swamps. It grows to about 3 metres.<ref>{{FloraBase|name=''Boronia molloyae''|id=4429}}</ref>
[[James Drummond]] proposed the name ''Boronia molloyi'' in 1842, however this was overlooked and it was named ''B. elatior'' in 1844 by [[Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling]] and as ''B. semifertilis'' in 1861 by [[Ferdinand von Mueller]].<ref>{{APNI|name=''Boronia molloyae''|id=5991}}</ref> In the 1970s ''B. elatior'' was renamed to its current name, adjusted with the feminine latinate suffix.<ref name=abc>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/hindsight/galleries/2007/1907753/7.htm|title=Boronia Molloyae WA Herbarium|work=ABC Radio National|accessdate=2009-02-14}}</ref> It is the only plant named after botanical collector [[Georgiana Molloy]].<ref name=abc />
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Boronia elatior, Bartl. Height about 4 ft.: pubescence variable: Lvs. close-set, 1-2 in. long, ½-¾ in. broad, petioled, with lfts. in 2-6 pairs; lfts. broader and shorter-acuminate than in B. megastigma : fls. dark red-brown, or rosy red, or purple, sometimes showing groups of widely different colors on the same branch, and borne so densely as to hide one side of the branch. B.M. 6285. Gn. 10:312. F.E. 9:491.
Boronia elatior, Bartl. Height about 4 ft.: pubescence variable: Lvs. close-set, 1-2 in. long, ½-¾ in. broad, petioled, with lfts. in 2-6 pairs; lfts. broader and shorter-acuminate than in B. megastigma : fls. dark red-brown, or rosy red, or purple, sometimes showing groups of widely different colors on the same branch, and borne so densely as to hide one side of the branch.
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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