Gaultheria hypochlora Airy Shaw

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Gaultheria

Characteristics

Shrubs procumbent, 8–20 cm tall, much branched below. Twigs terete, brown hispidulous. Leaves dense; petiole ca. 1 mm; leaf blades dimorphic, smaller ones usually elliptic, 3–4 mm, larger ones obovate or oblong, 0.8–1.4 cm × 6–8 mm, usually broadest above middle, papery-leathery, glabrous, or when young abaxially scattered brown shortly hispidulous, secondary veins 2 or 3 pairs, slightly raised abaxially, impressed adaxially, fine veins inconspicuous abaxially, impressed adaxially, base cuneate, margin slightly recurved, serrulate, apex obtuse-rounded, mucronulate. Flowers solitary, axillary, glabrous. Pedicel 2–3 mm; bracts absent; bracteoles 2, apical, suborbicular, ca. 2 mm. Calyx lobes ovate-triangular, ca. 2 mm. Corolla white, broadly campanulate, 4–5 mm; lobes often erect, oblong-triangular, ca. 2 mm. Stamens ca. 2 mm; filaments rhombic; thecae 2-awned. Ovary glabrous. Calyx at fruiting dark blue; capsule globose, ca. 6 mm in diam. Fl. Jun–Jul, 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) 0.08 - 0.2
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OctNovDec
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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 hypochlora world distribution map, present in China, India, and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:330568-1
WFO ID wfo-0000695203
COL ID 6JZLC
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Gaultheria hypochlora