| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Gaultheria poeppigii DC. |
| Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 7(2): 593 (1839) |
| Native Range | Argentina to Chile |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| 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 | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and in fall; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Brossaea poeppigii (DC.) Kuntze Gaultheria myrtilloides Poepp. & Endl. Gaultheria poeppigii var. nana (Sleumer) D.J.Middleton Pernettya brasiliensis Nied. Pernettya buxifolia Phil. Pernettya leucocarpa var. buxifolia (Phil.) Reiche Pernettya mucronata var. cordobensis Sleumer Pernettya myrtillifolia Griseb. ex Phil. Pernettya myrtilloides var. nana (Sleumer) Sleumer Pernettya patagonica Speg. Pernettya philippiana Speg. Pernettya phillyreifolia var. araucana Kuntze Pernettya poeppigii (DC.) Klotzsch |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGE Argentina Northeast, AGS Argentina South, CLC Chile Central, CLS Chile South) |