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Native Cranberry

Lissanthe sapida

Native Cranberry
Photo: Poyt448, Peter Woodard, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Native range
EC. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Lissanthe sapida, sometimes referred as the native cranberry, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, and is endemic to areas near Sydney Australia. It is a bushy scrub with more or less lance-shaped leaves and creamy-white, cylindrical flowers.

Where it grows

Lissanthe sapida grows on ridges, hillsides and rocky ledges in open forest on sandy soil on sandstone. It is found in the lower Blue Mountains, including near Glenbrook, Woodford and Lawson.

Other Lissanthe plants

Lissanthe brevistyla · Lissanthe pleurandroides · Lissanthe pluriloculata · Lissanthe powelliae · Lissanthe rubicunda · Lissanthe scabra · Peach Heath · Lissanthe synandra · Lissanthe

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lissanthe sapida by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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