Lissanthe sapida, sometimes referred as the native cranberry,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, and is endemic to areas near Sydney Australia.
Flowering occurs from July to September and the fruit is a glabrous red, spherical to oval capsule about 5.7 mm (0.22 in) long.
[1] Lissanthe sapida was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen.
[4] Lissanthe sapida grows on ridges, hillsides and rocky ledges in open forest on sandy soil on sandstone.
[5] Native cranberry is a rare plant, with a ROTAP rating of 3RCa, it grows in dry eucalyptus woodlands and rocky areas, on soils based on sandstone at altitudes of up to 800 m (2,600 ft).