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Gaultheria thymifolia
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'Gaultheria thymifolia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Synonyms
- Gaultheria thibetica Hort.
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 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 stapfiana
- Gaultheria subcorymbosa
- Gaultheria tasmanica
- Gaultheria tetramera
- Gaultheria trichophylla
- Gaultheria wardii
- Gaultheria × wisleyensis
Leaves shorter than in G. trichophylla, mostly less than 3⁄8 in. long, and narrower, linear-oblong or widest in the upper half and tapered to the base, with almost glabrous margins. Fruits violet-blue, rosy-red, or white. This species was described from a flowering specimen collected by Forrest on the Yunnan-Burma border and came into cultivation in the 1930s under the unpublished name G. ibibetica, probably raised from seeds collected by Kingdon Ward in 1926 under KW 6849. The field number KW 6845 under which the plants were distributed is certainly incorrect. Seeds of a white-fruited form were sent by the same collector under KW 9639.