Filed As:
Ericaceae
Gaultheria lanigera Hook.f. var. lanigera
Ericaceae
Gaultheria lanigera Hook.f. var. lanigera
Location:
Ecuador. Azuay. Paramo de Tinajillas, 30-50km south of Cuenca. Alt. 3000 - 3400 m. (9842 - 11155 ft.)
Ecuador. Azuay. Paramo de Tinajillas, 30-50km south of Cuenca. Alt. 3000 - 3400 m. (9842 - 11155 ft.)
Description:
Plants .1-.4 m high, in large straggling colonies from rhizomes. Leaves at first covered with a tawny pubescence, later green and shining above. Corolla white sometimes tinged with pink, but the color covered by the coarse golden tawny pubeescence. Calyx segments free almost to the base, leathery at maturity, but not succulent. Fruit capsular, dry. Usually on slopes subject to desiccation, but sometimes in more moist situation.
Plants .1-.4 m high, in large straggling colonies from rhizomes. Leaves at first covered with a tawny pubescence, later green and shining above. Corolla white sometimes tinged with pink, but the color covered by the coarse golden tawny pubeescence. Calyx segments free almost to the base, leathery at maturity, but not succulent. Fruit capsular, dry. Usually on slopes subject to desiccation, but sometimes in more moist situation.
Habitat:
Chaparral and forest.
Chaparral and forest.
Identifiers:
NY Barcode: 2436631
GUID: 829d99db-ffe7-43bc-8e2b-b750e2ec129b
NY Barcode: 2436631
GUID: 829d99db-ffe7-43bc-8e2b-b750e2ec129b