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Gaultheria mucronata
Prickly heath is a compact, bushy evergreen shrub from southern Chile and Argentina, grown for its glossy leaves and showy autumn berries. It is dioecious, so you need both male and female plants to get fruit.
Gaultheria mucronata (syn. Pernettya mucronata; also known as prickly heath, chaura, or murtillo) is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, native to southern Argentina and Chile.
In volcanic areas of southern Chile Gaultheria mucronata is one of the dominant plant species above the tree line.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
