Index / Search / Gaultheria humifusa
§1 Plant
Gaultheria humifusa (Graham) Rydb.
vernacular alpine spicywintergreen — species · Ericaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Ericaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Gaultheria
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 52 counties across 7 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 52 counties across 7 states/territories.
Colorado view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 15 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/GAHU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2882754 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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