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|accepted_name=Gaultheria ovatifolia
|accepted_authority=A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=19: 85. 1883 ,
}}
|common_names=Western teaberry
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae;Gaultheria;Gaultheria ovatifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Gaultheria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Gaultheria ovatifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 513
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> spreading, not mat-forming, rhizomatous; adventitious roots absent. <b>Stems</b> decumbent, branches ascending to erect, (reddish), 15–30 cm, lanate (hairs white to brownish), sometimes glabrescent. <b>Leaf</b> blades broadly ovate to subcordate, 2–4 cm, base rounded to cordate, margins crenulate to serrate, apex acute to, rarely, rounded, surfaces glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, solitary flowers; bracts reddish, ovate, 1–1.5 mm, not exceeding sepals, sparsely hairy. <b>Pedicels</b> green or red tinged, 1–1.5 mm, glabrous or sparsely hairy; bracteoles 2–6 (in pairs), dark green or red tinged, ovate, 1–2 mm, glabrous or sparsely hairy. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 5, connate basally, reddish, ovate, 1.5–2 mm, lanate-hairy; petals 5, connate nearly their entire lengths, white to pinkish, 3–4 mm, glabrous, corolla urceolate to campanulate, lobes 1 mm; filaments conspicuously wider proximally (base with rounded, auriclelike projections), glabrous; anthers without awns, dehiscent by terminal pores. <b>Fruits</b> bright red, 5–7 mm wide.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late May-early Jul; fruiting Aug–Sep.
|habitat=Relatively dry, mixed hardwood and coniferous forests, damp streamsides and moist soils, rocky slopes
|elevation=300-1600 m
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Idaho;Mont.;Oreg.;Wash.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Gaultheria ovatifolia
|author=
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering late May-early Jul; fruiting Aug–Sep.
|habitat=Relatively dry, mixed hardwood and coniferous forests, damp streamsides and moist soils, rocky slopes
|elevation=300-1600 m
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Idaho;Mont.;Oreg.;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=
|special status=
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|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae
|genus=Gaultheria
|species=Gaultheria ovatifolia
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