Gaultheria mucronata (L.f.) Hook. & Arn.

Shrub to 1 m high, clump-forming with ± erect habit, strongly suckering, glabrous except infl. Young shoots reddish or reddish purple. Lvs 8–25 × 2–7 mm, narrow to broad-elliptic, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, coriaceous, shining above; midrib raised beneath; margin ± recurved, entire or serrulate; apex with a spiny mucro. Fls solitary in upper lf axils. Pedicels 6–8 mm long, minutely puberulent, curved towards apex. Bracts and bracteoles 1–1.5 mm long, ovate, glabrous. Calyx 2–2.5 mm long; lobes ovate or triangular, glabrous, acute, not accrescent, remaining membranous. Corolla 3.5–5 mm long, broad-ovoid, ± urceolate, white; lobes short, recurved. Stamens with filaments broadly dilated at base, minutely puberulent; anthers with 2 short erect awns, minutely puberulent. Fr. a berry 6–10 mm diam., depressed-globose, usually pink, sometimes white, glossy.

[From: Webb et al. (1985) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4 as Pernettya mucronata (L.f.) Gaud. ex Sprengel]