Gaultheria purpurea R.C.Fang

Species

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Characteristics

Shrubs procumbent, 5–10 cm tall. Twigs terete, slender, slightly puberulous, densely brown hirsute. Leaves towards the ends of branches; petiole 1–2 mm, hirsute; leaf blade gray-green adaxially, elliptic, 1.5–3 × 1–2 cm, leathery, abaxially purple hirsute on veins, adaxially glabrous, secondary veins 2–4 pairs, with fine veins raised abaxially, impressed adaxially, base broadly cuneate to rounded, margin denticulate, denticles setose, apex obtuse to acute, mucronulate. Inflorescences terminal or axillary at apices of twigs, racemose, 5–7 cm at fruiting, 1–4-fruited, glabrous; peduncle 3.5–4.5 cm; bracts ovate, 2–3 mm, leathery, glabrous. Flowers unknown. Pedicels 4–9 mm, glabrous; bracteoles 2, median or above, ovate-triangular, ca. 2 mm, margin ciliolate. Calyx glabrous; lobes triangular-ovate, 1.5–2 mm, margin ciliolate. Corolla and stamens unknown. Ovary hispidulous. Calyx at fruiting dark purple, fleshy; capsule globose, 6–7 mm in diam. Fr. Nov–Dec.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.1
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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 purpurea world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1007834-1
WFO ID wfo-0000695364
COL ID 6JYSK
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Synonyms

Gaultheria purpurea