Gaultheria wardii C. Marquand & Airy Shaw

The flowers of this species are at least sometimes imperfect.

Shrubs erect, 0.5–2(–3) m tall. Twigs terete, densely brown- or rust-colored hirsute. Leaves scattered; petiole 2–3 mm, densely hirsute; leaf blade oblong, ovate, or elliptic, 3–7 × 1.2–2.3 cm, leathery, abaxially densely puberulous, intermixed with long appressed setula, adaxially densely sericeous initially, later glabrescent and densely papillate, secondary veins (2 or)3(or 4) pairs with midvein raised abaxially, impressed adaxially, base obtuse to rounded, margin recurved, minutely denticulate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences axillary, racemose, solitary or 2 or 3 together, sometimes terminal panicles, 1–3.5 cm, many flowered, usually crowded; bracts rhombic-ovate or oblong-lanceolate, abaxially velutinous and sericeous or subglabrescent, glandular ciliate. Pedicel 3–6 mm, densely velutinous or setulose; bracteoles 2, linear-lanceolate, nearly at middle, velutinous or glabrescent. Calyx lobes ovate or narrowly triangular, 3–4 mm, abaxially densely sericeous or glabrous, margin ciliolate or glabrous. Corolla white, urceolate to tubular, 3–5 mm, abaxially glabrous; lobes minute. Filaments dilated towards base, 1–2 mm, glabrous; anthers ca. 1 mm, thecae 2-awned. Ovary puberulous. Calyx at fruiting succulent, blue-black; capsule 6–8 mm in diam., sericeous-tomentellose. Fl. Jun–Aug, fr. Aug–Mar.

SE Xizang, NW Yunnan [N India, Myanmar].

Forest margins, thickets on slopes; 1000–2700(–3100) m.

Gaultheria wardii là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Thạch nam. Loài này được C.Marquand & Airy-Shaw mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1929.

西藏白珠（学名：Gaultheria wardii）是杜鹃花科白珠树属的植物。分布在印度、缅甸以及中国大陆的西藏等地，生长于海拔1,730米至2,900米的地区，常生长在林下，目前尚未由人工引种栽培。