Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Gaultheria bracteata (Cav.) G.Don |
Synonyms | Andromeda bracteata Cav. |
Gaultheria bicolor Sleumer | |
Gaultheria rufescens DC. | |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 500-4500m |
Description | branchlets rusty hirsute and glandular-pilose, leaves 4cm, ovate, mucronate, shortly petiolate, serrate-ciliate, abaxially scabrous, flowers in terminal raceme |
Size | 25-40cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
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
Western South America (Bolivia , Ecuador , Peru) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ERICACEAE
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