Scientific Name: Acrotriche aggregata

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  • Pronunciation:
    ac-ro-TREE- key ag-re-GAR-tah
  • Common Name:
    Red Ground Berry
  • Type:
    Shrub
  • Family:
    ERICACEAE
  • Status:
    Common
  • Flowers:
    Tiny white flowers in spikes, Winter Spring
  • Fruit:
    Flattened red fruit
  • Flowers Color:
    White
  • Fruit Color:
    Red
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dry Eucalypt Forest, Montane
  • Species List:
    Bush food, FI Podberscek, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Cooloothin Corner, Tewantin Forest Gyndier, Fraser Island, Janet, Batianoff 87, NNS, TAFE, Dandaloo, Dandaloo, Noosa River NP, BHNR, Heritage Park,
Cultural Notes

TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential:

Bush food: fruit edible.

Identification Notes

Fruit: red, generally hidden within the plant.||Branchlets: reddish brown, hairy.||Leaves - venation parallel, faint, visible on both surfaces but more distinct below. Margins slightly recurved and slightly translucent.||