Wittsteinia vacciniacea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Alseuosmiaceae |
Genus: | Wittsteinia |
Species: | W. vacciniacea
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Binomial name | |
Wittsteinia vacciniacea |
Wittsteinia vacciniacea , the Baw Baw berry, is a shrub species in the family Alseuosmiaceae. It is endemic to Victoria, Australia. It grows to about 40 cm high and has leaves which are between 1 and 5 cm long. The fragrant flowers are between 4.5 and 7 mm long and are followed by greenish-white rounded fruits.[1]
The species was first formally described by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae in 1861.[2]
It occurs on the edge of rainforest and in sheltered woodland in the Eastern Highlands of Victoria.[1]