Gaultheria lanigera Hook.f. var. lanigera

  • Filed As

    Ericaceae
    Gaultheria lanigera Hook.f. var. lanigera

  • Collector(s)

    W. H. Camp E385, 29 Aug 1944

  • Location

    Ecuador. Azuay. Paramo de Tinajillas, 30-50km south of Cuenca.

  • Habitat

    Chaparral and forest.

  • 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.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 2436631

    Occurrence ID: 829d99db-ffe7-43bc-8e2b-b750e2ec129b

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Azuay

  • Locality

    Paramo de Tinajillas, 30-50km south of Cuenca.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 3000 - 3400 m. (9843 - 11155 ft.)

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