Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Gaultheria procumbens L. |
Synonyms | Gaultheria humilis Salisb. |
Gaultheria repens Raf. | |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 0-1500m |
Description | leaves adaxially glaucous, obovate to orbiculate, 1-5cm, serrate, acute or obtuse, sparsely hirsute, flowers 1-3, axillary, pendent, sepals white, cordate, corolla urceolate |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | - |
Type | decumbent shrub |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
Territory |
Northern America
Western Canada (Manitoba ) Eastern Canada (New Brunswick , Newfoundland , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Prince Edward I. , Québec ) North-Central U.S.A. (Illinois , Minnesota , Wisconsin ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Connecticut , Indiana , Maine , Masachusettes , Michigan , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Rhode I. , Vermont , West Virginia ) Southeastern U.S.A. (Alabama , Delaware , Georgia , Kentucky , Maryland , North Carolina , South Carolina , Tennessee , Virginia , District of Columbia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ERICACEAE
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