Biology:Lissanthe sapida

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Short description: Species of shrub

Lissanthe sapida
Lissanthe Blue Gum Forest.jpg
Blue Gum Forest, Australia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Lissanthe
Species:
L. sapida
Binomial name
Lissanthe sapida
R.Br.

Lissanthe sapida, sometimes referred as the native cranberry is a shrub from the family Ericaceae, found near Sydney, Australia . A rare plant, with a ROTAP rating of 3RCa, it grows in dry eucalyptus woodlands and rocky areas, of soils based on sandstone.[1]

It usually grows to about 1 m tall, though it may be seen to 2.5 m. Leaves are narrow oblong, around 15 to 25 mm long, 2 to 4 mm wide, with a sharp point. Leaves have seven or eight ribs on the underside. The native cranberry flowers from March to September, with attractive white, bell-shaped, hanging flowers. The juicy fruit is round, red, and hairless with a flat top.

It may be seen in areas such as Bargo, Blackheath, Mountain Lagoon, and the Nepean Gorge.[2]

This plant first appeared in the scientific literature in 1810, in the Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae, authored by the prolific Scottish botanist, Robert Brown.

References

  1. "'Lissanthe sapida, PlantNET - NSW Flora Online". http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Lissanthe~sapida. Retrieved 2011-06-04. 
  2. Native Plants of the Sydney District - Alan Fairley & Philip Moore ISBN:0-7318-1031-7, page 91

Wikidata ☰ Q6559137 entry