Asterolasia

Asterolasia is a genus of seventeen species of erect or prostrate shrubs in the family Rutaceae, and is endemic to Australia.

There are seventeen species and they are found in all Australian mainland states but not in the Northern Territory.

The fruit is composed of up to five follicle and the dull, black seeds are released explosively.

[2][3][4][5][6] The genus Asterolasia was first formally described in 1854 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Transactions of the Philosophical Society of Victoria.

[7][8] The following is a list of species and subspecies recognised by the Australian Plant Census as at June 2020:[1] Species of Asterolasia are found in all mainland states of Australia and in the Australian Capital Territory, but not in Tasmania or the Northern Territory.