Gaultheria pyrolifolia Hook.F. ex C.B.Clarke

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Gaultheria

Characteristics

Shrubs suberect or creeping, 3–15 cm tall. Twigs terete, substriate, glabrous, sometimes puberulous. Leaves near twig apices; petiole 1–3(–5) mm, glabrous or sparsely hispid; leaf blade obovate or elliptic to suborbicular, 1.3–5 × 0.8–2.5 cm, leathery, glabrous or abaxially sparsely hispidulous, secondary veins 3(or 4) pairs, fine veins distinctly raised abaxially, impressed adaxially, base cuneate to rounded, margin crenate, apex obtuse-rounded, apiculate. Inflorescences from upper foliate axils, racemose, 1–1.5 cm, 2–5-flowered, glabrous, pubescent, or sparsely hispid; bracts ovate, ca. 4 mm, glabrous. Pedicel 2–5 mm, glabrous, pubescent, or sparsely hispid; bracteoles 2, above middle, ovate-lanceolate, ca. 3 mm, glabrous. Calyx lobes triangular-ovate, 2–2.5 mm, glabrous. Corolla white, pinkish at mouth, urceolate or globose-urceolate, ca. 5 mm, abaxially glabrous; lobes reflexed, short. Filaments dilated, 1–1.7 mm, papillate; anthers ca. 1.3 mm; thecae 2-awned. Ovary glabrous. Calyx at fruiting dark purple; capsule 4–6 mm in diam. Fl. Jun–Aug, fr. Aug–Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 0.09 - 0.15
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Environment

Alpine windswept moorlands, thickets and grasslands; at elevations from 3,600-4,000 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

Usage

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Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment stratification
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Distribution

Gaultheria pyrolifolia world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:330665-1
WFO ID wfo-0000695365
COL ID 6JZ4K
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Brossaea pyrolifolia Brossaea pyroloides Gaultheria pyrolifolia