Gaultheria sinensis J. Anthony

Shrubs procumbent, (2.5–)5–15 cm tall, much branched below. Twigs densely brown hispidulous, rarely white tomentulose. Leaves dense; petiole 0.5–1.5 mm; leaf blade elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 0.6–1.6 cm × 2–6 mm, leathery, glabrous, or abaxially scattered hispidulous on midvein, midvein slightly raised abaxially, other veins inconspicuous, base cuneate to broadly cuneate, margin slightly recurved, serrulate, apex acute, sometimes mucronulate. Flowers solitary, axillary. Pedicel 1–2 mm; bracts absent; bracteoles 2, apical, suborbicular, 2–2.5 mm, leathery. Calyx lobes broadly ovate or ovate-triangular, ca. 2 mm, margin densely white ciliolate. Corolla white, urceolate to shortly tubular, 4–5 mm, glabrous; lobes erect or recurved, oblong, 2–2.5 mm. Stamens ca. 2 mm; filaments dilated to orbicular at middle, papillate; thecae 2-awned. Ovary glabrous. Calyx at fruiting dark blue or white; capsule depressed-globose, 5–8(–10) mm in diam., glabrous. Fl. May–Jul, fr. Aug–Sep.

NW Sichuan, SE Xizang, C and NW Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India (Assam), N Myanmar, Sikkim].

Abies forests, Rhododendron thickets, alpine thicket-meadows, peaty stony meadows, stony slopes, rocky places in mountains, humus-covered boulders, open ledges of cliffs; 3000–4300 m.

Gaultheria sinensis là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Thạch nam. Loài này được J.Anthony mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1933.

华白珠（学名：Gaultheria sinensis）是杜鹃花科白珠树属的植物。分布在缅甸、印度以及中国大陆的四川、云南、西藏等地，生长于海拔2,500米至3,600米的地区，一般生于潮湿石壁及杜鹃灌丛中，目前尚未由人工引种栽培。