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Gaultheria shallon

salal
Habit Erect or spreading evergreen shrub to 2 m tall; stems 50-200 cm, younger twigs glandular, older stems becoming glabrous.
Leaves

Leaves leathery and glabrous, alternate, elliptic to ovate, 5-9 cm long and 3-5 cm broad, finely toothed.
Flowers

Inflorescence racemose, 5-15 flowers, 5-17 cm long, glandular, white to pinkish bracts;

calyx deeply 5-lobed, white to red, reddish-glandular, sepals 3-5 mm;

corolla 5-lobed, urn-shaped, white to pinkish, glandular, 7-10 mm;

anthers awned, dehiscing by subterminal pores.
Fruits

Capsule berry-like, surrounded by persistent calyx, globose, fleshy, bluish-black, 6-10 mm in diameter.

Gaultheria shallon
Flowering time May-July
Habitat Forest understory and edge marine headlands, from sea level to moderate elevation in the mountains.
Distribution
Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
G. hispidula, G. humifusa, G. ovatifolia
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