''Gaylussacia pulchra'' is a plant species in the family

Ericaceae The Ericaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and infertile growing conditions. The family is large, with c.4250 known species spread across 124 genera, making it th ...

. It is native to the States of

Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (sta ...

and

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

in eastern Brazil. ''Gaylussacia pulchra'' is a woody, branching shrub. Leaves are lance-shaped, dark green on the upper surface, whitish on the underside. Flowers are scarlet, tubular, in axillary racemes. Fruits have 10 chambers, each with one seed.Pohl, Johann Baptist Emanuel 1828. Plantarum Brasiliae Icones et Descriptiones 2: plate 127
full-page color illustrationPohl, Johann Baptist Emanuel 1828. Plantarum Brasiliae Icones et Descriptiones 2: 41-42
in Latin

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pulchra Endemic flora of Brazil Flora of Bahia Flora of Minas Gerais Berries Plants described in 1828 Taxa named by Carl Meissner {{Ericaceae-stub