- Common Name - prickly heath
- Botanical Name - Gaultheria mucronata
- Family - Ericaceae
- Bud - alternate
- Stem/Bark - moderately fissured, red/brown
- Leaf - simple, ovate shape, mucronate apex, rounded base, crenate margins
- Flower - solitary flowers, monoecious, white, showy, May - June
- Fruit - capsule, June - October
- Habit - upright, arching
- Form - round
- Size - 0.7-1.3 m
- Culture - full sun, acidic/well drained soil
- Use - mass planting, rock garden
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