Gaultheria strigosa Benth. var. strigosa

  • Family

    Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)

  • Scientific Name

    Gaultheria strigosa Benth. var. strigosa

  • Common Names

    gallo rruro, huevo de gallo

  • Description

    Description: Leaves with surface ± smooth, margins nearly plane to only slightly revolute, (1.5-)1.7-5.5(-9) x 1-1.6)-4) cm, base acute to cuneate, remotely but regularly crenate; indumentum of lower surface ± scattered regularly over the lamina. Inflorescence 4-8(-13)-flowered. Calyx densely strigose (glabrous); staminal filaments glabrous. Fruiting calyx blue-black when mature.

    Distribution: Rather common in Colombia, but rare in extreme W Venezuela and collected only twice in central Peru at elevations of (1800-)2400-3400(-3700) m.

  • Floras and Monographs

    Gaultheria strigosa Benth. var. strigosa: [Article] Luteyn, James L., et al. 1995. Ericaceae, Part II. The Superior-Ovaried Genera (Monotropoideae, Pyroloideae, Rhododendroideae, and Vaccinioideae P.P.). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 66: 560.