gaultheria

Gaultheria nummularioides is a species of plant in the family Ericaceae.

It is also known as shallon or Gaultheria in English.

The Gaultheria species share the common characteristic of producing oil of wintergreen.

The fruit of most other gaultheria species is insipid in flavour and not extensively consumed.

In captivity, they will feed on Gaultheria shallon.

Gaultheria procumbens - Wintergreen (leaves and berries) - the oil can be toxic.

Like most other ericaceous plants, gaultheria does best in a peaty soil that never fully dries out.

Although wintergreen has a strong "minty" smell and flavour, Gaultheria plants are not true mints.

Plants in shrub genus Gaultheria, commonly known as wintergreen, especially:

Gaultheria shallon is tolerant of both sunny and shady conditions at low to moderate elevations.

More recently, Gaultheria shallon berries are used locally in jams, preserves and pies.

The official botanical name is Gaultheria shallon.

Gaultheria procumbens, used by various tribes.

It is a good time to plant low-growing evergreen hedges: box, euonymus, cotoneaster, gaultheria.

Wintergreen berries, from Gaultheria procumbens, are used medicinally.

In volcanic areas of southern Chile Gaultheria mucronata is one of the dominant plant species above the tree line.

The next closest relative to the two species is the New Zealand species Gaultheria oppositifolia.

Gaultheria shallon was introduced to Britain in 1828 by David Douglas, who intended the plant to be used as an ornamental.

Division is usually applied to mature perennial plants, but may also be used for shrubs with suckering roots, such as gaultheria, kerria and sarcococca.

Tiny wildflowers grow amongst the tussock grasses including Veronica, Viola and Gaultheria.

Gaultheria hispidula (N)

Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)

The larvae have been recorded feeding on plants in the genera Haloragis, Gaultheria and Geranium.

Gaultheria shallon is a leathery-leaved shrub in the heather family (Ericaceae), native to western North America.

The larvae feed on Gaultheria species, including Gaultheria shallon.