Gaultheria suborbicularis W.W.Sm.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Gaultheria

Characteristics

Shrubs dwarf, prostrate. Twigs terete, wiry, shortly tawny-setose. Leaves dense; petiole very short, 0.5–1 mm; leaf blade suborbicular or elliptic, 3–7 × 2–5 mm, leathery, abaxially sparsely shortly setulose, adaxially glabrous, secondary and fine veins inconspicuous, slightly raised abaxially, impressed adaxially, both ends obtuse to rounded, margin recurved, sparsely shortly setulose. Flowers solitary, axillary. Pedicel ca. 1 mm, glabrous; bracts absent; bracteoles 2, apical, broadly ovate, ca. 2 mm, leathery, glabrous. Flowers 4-merous. Calyx tinged with red, ca. 2 mm, glabrous; lobes triangular. Corolla rosy to purplish, sometimes white, 2.5–3 mm, glabrous, lobed to middle; lobes ovate. Filaments elliptic; thecae very short, 2-apiculate. Ovary glabrous. Calyx at fruiting red, fleshy; capsule globose, glabrous. Fl. Jul–Aug, fr. Aug–Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Gaultheria suborbicularis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:330711-1
WFO ID wfo-0000695429
COL ID 6JZ49
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Synonyms

Chiogenes suborbicularis Chiogenes suborbicularis var. albiflorus Gaultheria suborbicularis