| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Gaultheria hypochlora Airy Shaw |
| Bibliography | Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew. 1940: 324 (1941) |
| Native Range | sc. China to e. Himalaya and n. Myanmar |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3000-3600m |
| Description | leaves dense, elliptic to obovate, 8-14mm long, glabrous, serrulate, mucronate, flowers solitary, axillary, glabrous, corolla broadly campanulate, 4-5mm, berry spherical, blue |
| Size | 8-20cm |
| Color | white |
| 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 |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |