Boronia megastigma

Brown boronia
Boronia megastigma in the ANBG
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Boronia
Species:
B. megastigma
Binomial name
Boronia megastigma
Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
Synonyms
  • Boronia megastigma var. aurea Anon.
  • Boronia megastigma var. aurea W.Mill. & N.Taylor nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
  • Boronia megastigma Bartl. var. megastigma
  • Boronia tristis Turcz.

Boronia megastigma, commonly known as brown boronia, sweet-scented boronia or scented boronia, is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, erect shrub with aromatic leaves and flowers, the leaves with three or five leaflets and the flowers cup-shaped, dark brown to purplish black on the outside and yellow inside.