Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Gaultheria shallon Pursh |
Bibliography | Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 283 (1813) |
Native Range | Alaska to California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets |
Altitude | 0-1300m |
Description | branches villose, leaves ovate to ovate-elliptic, 5-9cm long, sharply dentate, flowers 5-15 in terminal or axillary racemes, berry purple, 6-10mm in diam. |
Size | 10-200cm |
Color | pinkish, white |
Bloom | late spring, 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 fall; layering in spring |
Synonyms | Brossaea shallon (Pursh) Kuntze Shallonium serrulatum Raf. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |