Shallon shamberry
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The Shallon shamberry ( Gaultheria shallon ), also called high partridge berry or Salal , is a species of shamberry ( Gaultheria ) in the heather family (Ericaceae). This plant species was discovered during the expedition of Lewis and Clark (1804-1806) in western North America and was first described by Frederick Pursh . The generic 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 shamrock is a small, runners-forming, evergreen shrub . The shoots are up to one meter high. The leaves are leathery and oval to circular in shape. The leaves are finely serrated on the edge. They stand on shoots that are bent back and forth. The annual shoot is completed by the nodding, jug-shaped flowers in racemose inflorescences . Like the rest of the plant, these are hairy glands . The blue fruits are edible.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 44 or 88.
Occurrence
The species is very common in the undergrowth of the temperate rainforests along the Pacific coast of North America . The distribution area extends in a north-south direction from southern Alaska via the Canadian British Columbia and the US states of Washington and Oregon in a southerly direction to California .
use
The leaves of this species are a widespread binding green in floristry under the name Salal . It is characterized by its robustness and durability. This plant can also be used as a food substitute for insects that eat rose plants.
Web links
- Entry at TU Darmstadt ( Memento from June 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Description at fs.fed.us (English)
- Brief description at habitas.org.uk (English)
- Data sheet from VirginiaTech, Department of Forestry with a picture of the fruit. (English)
- Entry as a poisonous plant.
- Entry in Plants for a Future. (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fl. Amer. sept. 1: 283. 1813-1814; see entry at GRIN Taxonomy for Plants .
- ↑ Gaultheria shallon at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ↑ http://www.blumen-versender.com/salal.php