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Gaultheria miqueliana / Shiratamanoki シラタマノキ

Gaultheria miqueliana,   an evergreen shrub inhabiting sunny, dry, rocky areas, forms colonies, along with plants like Gaultheria adenothrix. The entire plant, especially the fruit, has a distinctive aroma. Stems crawl on the ground, and the upper portions grow to 10-20cm tall. Leaves are alternate, approximately 2cm long, oblong, and thick, with dents along the veins on their upper surfaces, the lower surfaces tinged with white, and small, obtuse serrations on their margins. Axils or branch tips produce 2-6cm long racemes, each bearing 2-6 flowers; the white flowers, shaped like a urceole, bloom downward. Fruit (capsules): Caryxes swell to cover the fruit to grow to about a one cm-diameter sphere in a sap fruit way. Bloom time: July-August.