Gaultheria shallon

Shallon bill berry ( Gaultheria shallon )

The Shallon bill berry ( Gaultheria shallon ), also known as High partridge berry or Salal, is a species of the genus appearances berries ( Gaultheria ) in the family Ericaceae ( Ericaceae ). This species was discovered during the expedition of Lewis and Clark (1804-1806) in western North America and described by Frederick Pursh first time. The genus name Gaultheria honors the French physicist and botanist Jean François Gaultier (1708-1756); shallon is derived from Kikwu - salu, the Chinook name for this species

Features

The Shallon bill berry is a small, spur -forming, evergreen shrub. The shoots are up to one meter high. The leaves are leathery and of ovoid to circular shape. The leaves are finely serrated edge. You are at bent back and forth shoots. The annual shoot is completed by standing in racemose inflorescences nodding, pitcher -shaped flowers. These are just like the rest of the plant, hairy glandular. The blue fruits are edible.

Occurrence

The species occurs in the understory of temperate rain forests along the Pacific coast of North America very frequently. The distribution area extends in a north-south direction from southern Alaska through the Canadian British Columbia and the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon south to California.