Ericaceae
Salal
Gaultheria shallon
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Gaultheria
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Common names
By language (12)
- arz
- جولثريا شاليون
- Chinese
- 沙龍白珠, 沙龙白珠, 柠檬叶白珠, 薩拉爾（水果）
- Czech
- Libavka shalon
- Danish
- Busket Bjergte
- Dutch
- Gaultheria
- English
- Salal, Gaultheria, Shallon
- German
- Shallon-Scheinbeere
- Igbo
- Gaultheria
- Japanese
- レモンリーフ
- Russian
- Гаультерия шаллон, Готьерия шаллон, Салал, Шаллон
- Swedish
- Vaktelbär
- Welsh
- Gweunlwyn sialon
Synonyms
- Brossaea shallon (Pursh) Kuntze
- Shallonium serrulatum Raf.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Louis Fourie, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.