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Gaultheria is a genus of about 170-180 species of shrubs in the family Ericaceae. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Magnoliopsida is the Botanical name for a class of Flowering plants By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its The Ericales are a large and diverse order of Dicotyledons including for example Tea, Persimmon, Blueberry, Brazil nut, and The Plant family Ericaceae (also called the heath family or ericaceous plants) are mostly lime -hating ( Calcifuge) A shrub or Bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of Woody plant, distinguished from a Tree The Plant family Ericaceae (also called the heath family or ericaceous plants) are mostly lime -hating ( Calcifuge) The name memorializes M. Hugues Gauthier of Quebec, a mis-spelt honour bestowed by the Scandinavian Pehr Kalm in 1748. Pehr Kalm ( March 6 1716 - November 16 1779) (in Finland also known as Pietari Kalm and in some English-language translations These plants are native to Asia, North and South America, and Australasia. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a Australasia is a Region of Oceania: New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and neighbouring Islands in the Pacific In the past, the Southern Hemisphere species were often treated in a separate genus Pernettya; however, there is no consistent reliable morphological or genetic difference to support recognition of two genera, and they are now united in the single genus Gaultheria.
The species vary from low, ground-hugging shrubs less than 10 cm tall, up to 2. 5 m tall, or, in the case of G. fragrantissima from the Himalaya, even a small tree up to 5-6 m tall. A tree is a perennial Woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or The leaves are evergreen, alternate (opposite in G. In Botany, a leaf is an above-ground Plant organ specialized for Photosynthesis. In Botany, an Evergreen plant is a plant having leaves all year round oppositifolia from New Zealand), simple, and vary between species from 0. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island 3-10 cm long; the margins are finely serrated or bristly in most species, but entire in some. The flowers are solitary or in racemes, bell-shaped, with a five-lobed corolla; flower colour ranges from white to pink to red. A flower, also known as a bloom or Blossom, is the reproductive structure found in Flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also The fruit is a fleshy berry in many species, a dry capsule in some, with numerous small seeds. The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context and the term is not synonymous in Food preparation and Biology. The word berry has two meanings one based on a botanical definition the other on common identification A seed (in some plants referred to as a kernel) is a small embryonic Plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat usually with some stored
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Several species are grown as ornamental shrubs in gardens, particularly G. Gaultheria humifusa is a species of Shrub in the heath family which is known by the common names alpine wintergreen and alpine spicy wintergreen Gaultheria lanigera is a species of Gaultheria, native to the Andes in Colombia and Ecuador. Gaultheria mucronata is a species of plant in the family Ericaceae Gaultheria ovatifolia is a species of Shrub in the heath family which is known by the common names western teaberry and Oregon spicy wintergreen Gaultheria procumbens ( Eastern Teaberry, Checkerberry, Boxberry or American Wintergreen) is a species of Gaultheria Salal or shallon ( Gaultheria shallon, Ericaceae) is a leathery-leaved shrub native to western North America. mucronata from southern Chile and G. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the shallon (Salal) from the Pacific Northwest of North America. Salal or shallon ( Gaultheria shallon, Ericaceae) is a leathery-leaved shrub native to western North America. The Pacific Northwest is a region in the northwest of North America (the term refers to the land not the ocean The fruit of many species is edible, though insipid in flavour so not extensively eaten. However, it is possible to make a strong minty tea from the leaves. There are several recipes available on the internet that involve fermenting the leaves to draw out the wintergreen taste.
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