...Moist
...Dry
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Wintergreen at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Gaultheria procumbens
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaultheria procumbens
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-16-001:
Gaultheria procumbens
FAMILY
Ericaceae
COMMON NAME:
Wintergreen, Teaberry
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gapr2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_gapr2_005_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm150424_689
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm170414_655
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Tim Spira tpsgprocumbens5
May
The leaves and red berries are natural sources of oil of wintergreen, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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JK Marlow jkm060711_120
July Fayette County WV
Babcock State Park
Solitary, white to pinkish, urn-shaped flowers hang from stalks, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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JK Marlow jkm060711_122
July Fayette County WV
Babcock State Park
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JK Marlow jkm150912_143
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Leaves crenate to crenate-serrate with deciduous bristle-tipped teeth, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm0310g_28
October Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Stems erect, the leaves 15-50mm long, clustered at the tip of the stem, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Keith Bradley kab_g_procumbens_8691
November Stephens County NY
Adirondack State Park