''Rinzia schollerifolia'', commonly known as the Cranberry rinzia, is a plant

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...

of the family

Myrtaceae Myrtaceae, the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All spe ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

to Western Australia. The spreading to procumbent shrub typically grows to a height of and a width of . It blooms from August to October producing white-pink flowers. It is found on slopes along the south coast of the Great Southern region of

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to ...

centred around Albany where it grows in sandy soils over

granite Granite () is a coarse-grained ( phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies und ...

or laterite. The species was originally formally described as ''Baeckea scholleraefolia'' by the botanist

Johann Georg Christian Lehmann Johann Georg Christian Lehmann (25 February 1792 – 12 February 1860) was a German botanist. Born at Haselau, near Uetersen, Holstein, Lehmann studied medicine in Copenhagen and Göttingen, obtained a doctorate in medicine in 1813 and a do ...

in 1848 in the work ''Curae Posteriores'' in ''Plantae Preissianae''. It was later placed into the genus ''Rinzia'' in 1986 by Trudgen in the work ''Reinstatement and revision of Rinzia Schauer (Myrtaceae, Leptospermeae, Baeckeinae)'' in the journal

Nuytsia ''Nuytsia floribunda'' is a hemiparasitic tree found in Western Australia. The species is known locally as moodjar and, more recently, the Christmas tree or Western Australian Christmas tree. The display of intensely bright flowers during the ...

. Other synonyms include; Baeckea schollerifolia and Hypocalymma schollerifolium.

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schollerifolia Endemic flora of Western Australia Myrtales of Australia Rosids of Western Australia Plants described in 1986 Taxa named by Johann Georg Christian Lehmann {{Myrtaceae-stub