| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Gaultheria lanigera Hook. |
| Bibliography | Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 1: t. 66 (1837) |
| Native Range | Colombia to Ecuador |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | thickets and steppes |
| Altitude | 2500-4000m |
| Description | young branchlets hirsute, leaves orbiculate, shortly petiolate, margins revolute, convex, adaxially glabrous, abaxially densely ferruginous hirsute, flowers in raceme |
| Size | 20-50cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and in fall; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Brossaea lanigera (Hook.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador) |