| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Gaultheria sinensis J.Anthony |
| Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 18: 19 (1933) |
| Native Range | sc. China to e. Himalaya and n. Myanmar |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2500-4300m |
| Description | branchlets densely brown lanate, leaves elliptic, 6-16mm, coriaceous, glabrous, serrulate, acute, flowers solitary, axillary, corolla urceolate to shortly tubular, 4-5mm long |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |