Scientific Name:	Gaultheria mucronata
Pronunciation:	gaul-THEER-ee-uh mew-kron-AY-tuh
Common Name:	pernettya; prickly heath
Family Name:	Ericaceae
Plant Type:	Broadleaf evergreen
Key ID Features:	Dense, small, evergreen shrub with small, alternate leaves that are dark green, ovate, and glossy, with a mucronate tip but no marginal spines; when looking head on, leaves appear very geometrically arranged; new stems are reddish.
Course(s):	not used (on campus)

Habit: Arching, Upright Form: Round Texture: Medium - fine Mature Size: Height: 0.7 - 1.3m Spread: 1.0 - 1.5m Growth Rate: Moderate Origin: South America (S. Chile) Hardiness Rating: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 C) Exposure: Filtered shade, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Acidic, Well-drained Water Use: Moderate Landscape Uses: Group or mass planting, Rock garden, Small garden/space, Spring interest Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Leathery, Pinnate venation Surfaces: Glabrous, Lustrous Colour in Fall: Green Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic, Oblong, Ovate Apices: Mucronate Bases: Rounded Margins: Crenate Additional Info: spine-tipped

Inflorescence Type: Floriferous, Flowers solitary Flower Morphology: Monoecious plant Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Urceolate Colour (petals): Showy, White, (white, sometimes pink-flushed) Flower Scent: Spicy Flower Time at Peak: May, Jun

Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Colour: White, Pink, Purple, Black, (cultivar dependent) Fruiting Time: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct Additional Info: Showy, Accessory tissue, Edible, to 15 cm wide; enclosed in a fleshy calyx; edible

Bark Morphology: Moderately fissured Bark or Stem Colour: Red, Brown     Organ Modifications: Rhizomes

Propagation:	Seed, Greenwood cuttings, Division - below ground parts
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low
Pest Susceptibility:	Rabbit resistant, Fungal leaf spot, Galls

Location(s): (ONE) Overpass North side East : by wood utility fence Location Map

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