Boronia alata Sm.

Erect, rarely prostrate, shrub to 2.5 m high, glabrous to sparsely puberulous on vegetative parts. Leaves pinnate or bipinnate, (3–) 7–13-foliolate (lower pinnae often 3–7-foliolate), 15–65 mm long, 10–40 mm wide; petiole 4–18 mm long; rachis segments 3–15 mm long; leaflets elliptic to oblanceolate, 2–22 mm long, 1–9 mm wide, acute to obtuse, discolorous. Peduncle 2–24 mm long; pedicels 3–13 mm long. Sepals narrowly triangular, 2.5–3.5 mm long, 0.5–1 mm wide, acute, ciliate. Petals 7–12 mm long, pink; abaxial surface glabrous or with few hairs. Ovary and style densely puberulous; stigma globular, wider than style. Cocci pilose.

Grows on calcareous substrates in eucalypt woodland, and tall and short heath. Often prostrate in exposed areas.