Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Gaultheria nubigena (Phil.) B.L.Burtt & Sleumer |
Synonyms | Pernettya nubigena Phil. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1000-1500m |
Description | leaves elliptic-ovate to lanceolate, acuminate, finely serrate, ciliate, 15-25mm, flowers in terminal panicle, corolla campanulate-cylindrical, 5mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white, rose |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | decumbent 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 fall; layering in spring |
Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina South , Chile Central , Chile South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ERICACEAE
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