Gaultheria dolichopoda Airy Shaw

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Gaultheria

Characteristics

Shrubs dwarf, usually prostrate, 5–20 cm tall, much branched below, glabrous. Twigs terete, densely brown hispidulous. Leaves dense; petiole less than 1 mm; leaf blade oblong-oblanceolate or oblong-elliptic, 6–13 × 3–5 mm, leathery, sometimes rigid, midvein slightly raised abaxially, inconspicuous, fine veins inconspicuous, base cuneate, margin serrulate, apex obtuse-acute. Flowers solitary, axillary. Pedicel 5–9(–19) mm; bracts absent; bracteoles 2, apical, broadly ovate, ca. 1.3 mm, leathery. Calyx lobes ovate-triangular, ca. 3 mm. Corolla white, shortly tubular, ca. 5 mm; lobes erect or recurved, oblong, ca. 2 mm. Stamens ca. 2 mm; filaments basally swollen; thecae 2-awned. Ovary glabrous. Calyx at fruiting blue; capsule pyriform, 6–8 mm in diam., glabrous. Fl. Jul, fr. Jul–Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.2
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Environment

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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 dolichopoda world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:330517-1
WFO ID wfo-0000695142
COL ID 6JZHL
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Gaultheria dolichopoda