| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Gaultheria myrsinoides Kunth |
| Bibliography | Nov. Gen. Sp. [F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth] 3: 283 (1819) |
| Native Range | Mexico to nw. Argentina |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2000-4500m |
| Description | leaves shortly petiolate, oval, slightly dentate, ciliate, dark green, abaxially pale, flowers solitary, pendent, urceolate, berry spherical, violet |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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 |
| Synonyms | Andromeda prostrata Cav. Andromeda purpurea Ruiz & Pav. ex Sleumer Arbutus pilosa Graham Arbutus prostrata Cav. Gaultheria alpina (Donn.Sm.) Sleumer Gaultheria ciliata Cham. & Schltdl. Gaultheria hirsuta M.Martens & Galeotti Gaultheria sanmartansis Rusby Pernettya albiflora B.Fedtsch. & Basil. Pernettya angustata Benth. Pernettya buxifolia M.Martens & Galeotti Pernettya caracasana Jacques Pernettya cavanillesiana G.Don Pernettya ciliaris D.Don ex G.Don Pernettya ciliaris var. alpina Donn.Sm. Pernettya ciliata (Cham. & Schltdl.) Small Pernettya congesta Klotzsch ex Oerst. Pernettya coriacea Klotzsch Pernettya densa Rusby Pernettya elliptica A.DC. Pernettya halliana Klotzsch Pernettya hirsuta (Mart. & Gal.) Camp Pernettya humilis Planch. ex Weddel Pernettya leucantha Linden ex Sleumer Pernettya mexicana Camp Pernettya myrsinoides (Kunth) Zucc. Pernettya nitida Plach. ex Wedd. Pernettya obovata Camp Pernettya oerstediana Klotzsch ex Oerst. Pernettya parvifolia Benth. Pernettya pentlandii A.DC. Pernettya pentlandii var. parvifolia (Benth.) Wedd. Pernettya pilosa (Graham) G.Don Pernettya prostrata (Cav.) DC. Pernettya prostrata var. angustata (Benth.) Sleumer Pernettya prostrata var. elliptica Sleumer Pernettya prostrata var. euprostrata Sleumer Pernettya prostrata var. myrsinoides (Kunth) Sleumer Pernettya prostrata var. pentlandii (DC.) Sleumer Pernettya prostrata ssp. pentlandii (DC.) B.L.Burtt Pernettya prostrata var. purpurea (D.Don ex G.Don) Sleumer Pernettya purpurea D.Don ex G.Don Pernettya purpurea var. angusta (Benth.) Wedd. Pernettya purpurea var. parvifolia (Benth.) Kuntze Pernettya purpurea var. pentlandii (DC.) Kuntze Pernettya purpurea var. subsetosa Kuntze Pernettya robusta Wedd. Pernettya saxicola Standl. & Steyerm. Pernettya schizostigma Rusby Pernettya setigera Klotzsch Pernettya thomasii Camp |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXE Mexico Northeast, MXG Mexico Gulf, MXN Mexico Northwest, MXS Mexico Southwest, MXT Mexico Southeast) 8 Southern America 80 Central America (COS Costa Rica, GUA Guatemala, HON Honduras, NIC Nicaragua, PAN Panamá) 82 Northern South America (VEN Venezuela) 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest) |