| Family | MYRTACEAE |
| Genus species | Myrteola nummularia (Poir.) O.Berg |
| Bibliography | Linnaea 27: 396 (1856) |
| Native Range | Venezuela to s. Argentina, Falkland Islands |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 100-1500m |
| Description | branches glabrous, leaves crowded, opposite suborbiculate, dark shiny green, margins revolute, flowers solitary, axillary, shortly pedicellate, small, tetramerous |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cluacena vaccinioides (Kunth) Raf. Eugenia humifusa Phil. Eugenia leucomyrtillus (Grieb.) Phil. Myrteola barneoudii (O.Berg) O.Berg Myrteola barneoudii var. humifusa (Phil.) Reiche Myrteola bullata O.Berg Myrteola bullata var. pentamera O.Berg Myrteola bullata var. tetramera O.Berg Myrteola humifusa (Phil.) O.Berg Myrteola leucomyrtillus (Griseb.) Reiche Myrteola nannophylla Burret Myrteola nummularia var. barneoudii (O.Berg) Kausel Myrteola nummularia var. repens (Phil.) Reiche Myrteola oxycoccoides (Benth.) O.Berg Myrteola repens (Phil.) O.Berg Myrteola vaccinioides (Kunth) O.Berg Myrteola vaccinioides var. carabaya McVaugh Myrtus barneoudii O.Berg Myrtus leucomyrtillus Griseb. Myrtus nummularia Poir. Myrtus nummularia var. major Hook.f. Myrtus oxycoccoides Benth. Myrtus repens Phil. Myrtus vaccinioides Kunth Orestion vaccinioides Kunze ex O.Berg |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 82 Northern South America (VEN Venezuela) 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, CLC Chile Central, CLS Chile South) 9 Antarctic 90 Subantarctic Islands (FAL Falkland Is.) |