Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Gaultheria albiflora (T.Z.Hsu) P.W.Fritsch & Lu Lu |
Bibliography | Phytotaxa 201: 2 (2015) |
Native Range | sc. China to e. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3000-3800m |
Description | leaves dense, suborbiculate, 3-7mm, coriaceous, glabrous, margins revolute, flowers solitary, axillary, 2-3mm long, glabrous, lobes ovate, long, berry red |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | purplish rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 | Chiogenes suborbicularis var. albiflorus T.Z.Hsu |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |