| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Gaultheria hookeri C.B.Clarke |
| Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 458 (1882) |
| Native Range | sc. China to e. Nepal and n. Myanmar |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets |
| Altitude | 1000-3800m |
| Description | branchlets rusty, densely hirsute, leaves elliptic to lanceolate, 3-9cm, coriaceous, abaxially punctate, adaxially glabrous, serrulate, acute, flowers in raceme, corolla 4-5mm |
| Size | 30-90cm |
| Color | pink, white |
| Bloom | late spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 | Gaultheria hookeri var. angustifolia C.B.Clarke Gaultheria veitchiana Craib Vaccinium wardii Adamson |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |