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Gaultheria macrostigma
Species of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gaultheria macrostigma, or prostrate snowberry, is a species of Gaultheria, endemic to New Zealand.[2][1]
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Description
A small shrub that grows either prostrate or "staggling".[3] It has small white flowers, and the stigma (noted in the specificic name macrostigma) has been described as "large."[3]
Range
Across New Zealand.
Etymology
macrostigma means "large stigma."
Taxonomy
Gaultheria macrostigma was moved into this genus from Pernettya in 1990. It is also known to hybridize with Gaultheria antipoda.[4]
References
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