Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Gaultheria poeppigii DC. |
Synonyms | Gaultheria myrtilloides Poepp. & Endl. |
Pernettya brasiliensis Nied. | |
Pernettya patagonica Speg. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-2500m |
Description | ramose, glabrous, leaves 12-15mm, elliptic or oblong-obovate, acute, subsessile, obscurely serrate, coriaceous, flowers solitary, axillary |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and in fall; layering in spring |
Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina Northeast , Argentina South , Argentina Northwest , Chile Central , Chile South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ERICACEAE
oeppigii nana Sleumer, Lilloa 25: 549 (1952)
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