Boronia rivularis is an erect, woody shrub that usually grows to a height of about 2.0 m (7 ft) and has smooth younger branches.

Groups of between three and nine white to pink flowers are arranged in leaf axils or on the ends of the branches on a thin stalk 5–17 mm (0.20–0.67 in) long.

[2] Boronia rivularis was first formally described in 1942 by Cyril Tenison White and the description was published in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland.

[3][4] The specific epithet (rivularis) is a Latin word meaning "of a brook",[5] as the species was discovered in damp gullies.

[2] Wide Bay boronia grows in moist and swampy areas in heath, woodland or open forest.