| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Gaultheria purpurascens Kunth |
| Bibliography | Nov. Gen. Sp. [F.W..H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth] 3: 282 (1819) |
| Native Range | Colombia (Cundinamarca) |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 4400-4600m |
| Description | branchlets setose-hirsute, leaves 10-15mm, elliptic-oblong, acute, shortly petiolate, minutely serrate, abaxially purple, flowers of 1-2, axillary, corolla 4-5mm |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | late spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 division in early spring and fall; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Andromeda hirta Willd. Brossaea purpurascens (Kunth) Kuntze Leucothoe hirta (Willd.) DC. Pernettya hirta (Willd.) Sleumer Pernettya purpurascens (Kunth) A.C.Sm. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia) |