Gaultheria depressa, commonly known as the mountain snowberry[1] or alpine wax berry, is a small ground-hugging shrub of the heath family Ericaceae native to rocky alpine areas of Tasmania, Australia,[2] and New Zealand.

The small leaves can be oval or round and measure 0.5 to 1 cm (0.20 to 0.39 in) in length and have serrate margins.

Joseph Dalton Hooker described Gaultheria depressa in 1847 from a collection by Ronald Campbell Gunn at Ben Lomond in Tasmania.

[6] In New Zealand, the prostrate habit and dependent fruit shielded by foliage from above suggest it is suited for dispersal by lizards.

[4] Early settlers in the southern district of New Zealand Otago used to make snowberry pies out of the Gaultheria depressa fruit.