Gaultheria humifusa

(Graham) Rydberg

Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 300. 1900 ,.

Common names: Alpine spicy wintergreen
Endemic
Basionym: Vaccinium humifusum Graham Edinburgh New Philos. J. 11: 193. 1831
Synonyms: Gaultheria myrsinites Hooker
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 513. Mentioned on page 512.

Subshrubs, creeping, mat-forming, stoloniferous; roots adventitious or fibrous. Stems spreading and repent, 10–30 cm, (slender), usually hirtellous, sometimes glabrous. Leaf blades orbiculate, ovate, or broadly elliptic, 1–2.5 cm, base obtuse to rounded, margins serrulate (teeth bristle-tipped), apex obtuse or acute, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences axillary, solitary flowers; bracts green with reddish margins, broadly ovate, 2.5–3 mm, exceeding sepals, glabrous. Pedicels green, 0.5–1.5 mm, glabrous; bracteoles 1–3, green or pink-tinged, deltate, 0.5–1 mm, glabrous. Flowers: sepals 5, connate ca. 1/2 their lengths, red to deep pink, narrowly ovate, 2–2.5 mm, glabrous; petals 5, connate basally, white to pale pink, 2.5–4 mm, glabrous, corolla campanulate, lobes (spreading), 1.5–3 mm; filaments broadest proximally, glabrous; anthers without awns, dehiscent by terminal pores. Fruits red, 5–7 mm wide.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Jul; fruiting Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Coniferous woodlands and in moist soils along stream banks, subalpine to alpine wet meadows, rocky mountain slopes
Elevation: 900-3700 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

Discussion

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Debra K. Trock +
(Graham) Rydberg +
Vaccinium humifusum +
Alpine spicy wintergreen +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Nev. +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Wash. +  and Wyo. +
900-3700 m +
Coniferous woodlands and in moist soils along stream banks, subalpine to alpine wet meadows, rocky mountain slopes +
Flowering Jun–Jul +  and fruiting Jul–Sep. +
Mem. New York Bot. Gard. +
Gaultheria myrsinites +
Gaultheria humifusa +
Gaultheria +
species +