Boronia algida is a shrub that grows to a height of 0.3–1.5 m (1–5 ft) with many more or less hairy branches, the youngest of which are often red.

The flowers are white to bright pink and borne singly, sometimes in groups of up to three on the ends of branches.

[2][3][4][5] Boronia algida was first formally described in 1855 by Ferdinand von Mueller who described it as "a charming bush" and published the description in his book Definitions of rare or hitherto undescribed Australian plants.

[6][7] The specific epithet (algida) is a Latin word meaning "cold",[8] von Mueller having noted that this plant grows "on the highest stony declivities of our Alps".

[7] The alpine boronia grows in heath and forest, mainly in sandy soil over granite at higher altitudes, south from the Gibraltar Range in New South Wales to the Australian Capital Territory and Mount Buffalo, Mount Hotham and the Nunniong Plateau in Victoria.