Gaultheria L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 11

14. Gaultheria L. 1

Evergreen shrubs; leaves alternate, shortly petiolate. Flowers 5-merous, in lax, axillary, bracteate racemes; bracteoles 2, at base of pedicel. Sepals connate at base. Corolla urceolate, with revolute lobes, deciduous. Stamens 10; anthers with 2-fid apical appendages. Fruit a septicidal capsule, enclosed by the accrescent calyx.