Boronia lanuginosa

This species was first formally described in 1837 by the Austrian botanist, Endlicher, who gave it the name Boronia lanuginosa.^[6][2] The specific epithet comes from the Latin, lanuginosa, meaning woolly or downy.^[7]

Boronia lanuginosa is found in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.^[3] However, the occurrence records show this as an essentially Top End species.^[8] It is found in the IBRA regions of Victoria Bonaparte,^[5][4] Arnhem Coast, Arnhem Plateau, Central Arnhem, Daly Basin, Darwin Coastal, Gulf Coastal, Gulf Fall and Uplands, Gulf Plains, and Pine Creek.^[4] It grows on sandstone and sand, in gullies and creekbeds, and in woodland and forest.^[5]