Gaultheria stapfiana
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'Gaultheria stapfiana' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Other taxa in genus
- Gaultheria adenothrix
- Gaultheria antipoda
- Gaultheria appressa
- Gaultheria borneensis
- Gaultheria codonantha
- Gaultheria colensoi
- Gaultheria crassa
- Gaultheria cuneata
- Gaultheria depressa
- Gaultheria eriophylla
- Gaultheria forrestii
- Gaultheria fragrantissima
- Gaultheria griffithiana
- Gaultheria hirtiflora
- Gaultheria hispida
- Gaultheria hispidula
- Gaultheria hookeri
- Gaultheria humifusa
- Gaultheria insana
- Gaultheria leucocarpa
- Gaultheria macrostigma
- Gaultheria marticorenae
- Gaultheria miqueliana
- Gaultheria mucronata
- Gaultheria myrsinoides
- Gaultheria nummularioides
- Gaultheria oppositifolia
- Gaultheria ovatifolia
- Gaultheria parvula
- Gaultheria procumbens
- Gaultheria pumila
- Gaultheria pyroloides
- Gaultheria rupestris
- Gaultheria semi-infera
- Gaultheria shallon
- Gaultheria sinensis
- Gaultheria subcorymbosa
- Gaultheria tasmanica
- Gaultheria tetramera
- Gaultheria thymifolia
- Gaultheria trichophylla
- Gaultheria wardii
- Gaultheria × wisleyensis
A close ally of G. hookeri, differing in the absence or virtual absence of the long bristles which are such a prominent feature of the young branches of G. hookeri. If bristles are present they are short and sparse and more or less appressed. But, as in G. hookeri, the floral bracts are large (up to 1⁄4 in. long) and form a prominent feature of the inflorescence. This character serves to distinguish G. stapfiana from G. fragrantissima and G. forrestii, in both of which the floral bracts are small. This species is in cultivation at Wakehurst Place, Sussex, where it is liable to be cut in winter. It is probably to be found in other collections, raised from Forrest 14997 or 18501 (though the latter number is incorrect, the corresponding herbarium specimen being Vaccinium forrestii). Bot. Mag., n.s., t.651.