Gaultheria mucronata

Taxobox
name = "Gaultheria mucronata"


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Ericaceae
genus = "Gaultheria"
species = "Gaultheria mucronata"
binomial = "Gaultheria mucronata"
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"Gaultheria mucronata" is a species of plant in the family Ericaceae. [U.S. Department of Agriculture (2008) "Gaultheria mucronata" [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?404805] ] It produces purple plum-shaped fruits. While the fruits are edible, they are tasteless. In North America this frost-tolerant species is often grown as an ornamental plant.

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External links

* " [http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2005/10/gaultheria_mucronata.php Gaultheria mucronata info] "
* " [http://www.weekendgardener.net/2006/12/gaultheria-mucronata-pernettya.htm Gaultheria mucronata information] "