| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Gaultheria lanigera Hook. |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 2500-4000m |
| Description | young branchlets hirsute, leaves orbiculate, shortly petiolate, margins revolute, convex, adaxially glabrous, abaxially densely ferruginous hirsute, flowers in raceme |
| Size | 20-50cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-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 (Ecuador) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ERICACEAE
lanigera rufolanata (Sleumer) Luteyn, Brittonia 41: 14 (1989)
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