Gaultheria heteromera R.C.Fang

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Gaultheria

Characteristics

Shrubs procumbent, 5–20 cm tall. Twigs terete, slender, densely puberulous and with long brown hairs. Leaves towards the ends of branches; petiole ca. 1 mm, glabrous or sparsely hirtellous; leaf blade drying brown on both surfaces, elliptic, 0.8–1.7(–2.3) × 0.6–1 cm, papery, glabrous or abaxially sparsely hirtellous, secondary veins 3 pairs, fine veins raised abaxially, impressed adaxially, base broadly cuneate, margin dentate, apex obtuse to acute, mucronulate. Inflorescences terminal or axillary at apices of twigs, shortly racemose, 3–6 mm, 1–4-flowered, puberulous; bracts broadly ovate, 1.5–2 mm, glabrous. Pedicel 4–6 mm, puberulous; bracteoles 1 pair, towards middle of pedicel, ovate, 1–1.5 mm, glabrous. Flowers 4-merous. Calyx glabrous; lobes triangular-ovate, 2.5–3 mm. Corolla white, globose-urceolate, ca. 4 mm, abaxially glabrous; lobes reflexed, very short. Stamens 8 or 9; filaments ca. 1 mm, swollen, glabrous, papillate; anthers ca. 1 mm, thecae 2-awned. Ovary hispidulous. Fruit unknown. Fl. 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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Blooming months
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

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Usage

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Therapeutic use -
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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 heteromera world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1007828-1
WFO ID wfo-0000695187
COL ID 6JZJS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Gaultheria heteromera