Gaultheria cardiosepala Hand.-mazz.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Gaultheria

Characteristics

Shrubs, sometimes prostrate, 4–14(–20) cm tall, much branched below. Twigs terete, brown hispidulous. Leaves dense; petiole ca. 1 mm; leaf blade linear to oblong-linear, 0.5–1.6 cm × 1–4 mm, leathery, glabrous, rarely adaxially puberulous on midvein, secondary and fine veins inconspicuous, base cuneate, decurrent, margin serrulate, apex obtuse to acute. Flowers solitary, axillary, glabrous. Pedicel ca. 1 mm; bracts absent; bracteoles 2, apical, broadly ovate, ca. 2 mm, leathery, glabrous. Calyx lobes ovate, ca. 3 mm, base slightly cordate. Corolla white, oblong-urceolate, 4–5 mm; lobes often erect, oblong, very short. Stamens ca. 1.5 mm; filaments spindle-shaped, papillate; thecae 2-awned. Ovary glabrous. Calyx at fruiting usually white, rarely blue or pale purple; capsule globose, 7–8 mm in diam. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Jul–Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.04 - 0.14
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment stratification
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Distribution

Gaultheria cardiosepala world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:330488-1
WFO ID wfo-0000695105
COL ID 6JZH3
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Gaultheria cardiosepala