| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Gaultheria sinensis J.Anthony |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| 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 | procumbent shrub |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central , Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (East Himalaya ) Indo-China (Myanmar) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ERICACEAE
sinensis layaensis S.J.Rae & D.H.Long, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 45(2): 334 (1989)
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