A genus of Australian shrubs in the citrus family, known for their small pink, purple, or white flowers and fragrant leaves.
Named after Francesco Borone, an 18th-century Italian botanist, following the Linnaean tradition of naming plant genera after scientists. The genus was formally described by naturalists studying Australian flora in the late 1700s.
Boronia flowers are so delicate and fragrant that early European explorers in Australia sent specimens back home, and now some species are cultivated globally—one of Australia's botanical gifts to the world that nearly got lost to habitat destruction.
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