Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Gaultheria procumbens
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Wintergreen at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
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
592
Shrub; Subshrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Heath balds, woodlands, and openings, usually acidic and xeric, per Weakley's Flora
NEW! Click here to see a map from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US showing range and abundance.
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
White/Pale pink
Bisexual
5-merous
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed urceolate or slightly campanulate corolla
8-10 included stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p131
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p108
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p168
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p113
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p212
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p035
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p123
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p139
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p185
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p098
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p376
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p148
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p119