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Gaultheria procumbens
Also called Checkerberry, Creeping Wintergreen, Eastern Wintergreen, Wintergreen, Mountain Tea, Teaberry, Spring Wintergreen
A low, creeping evergreen groundcover native to eastern North America, valued for its aromatic wintergreen-scented leaves and red berries. It grows best in cool, shaded, acidic woodland conditions.
Gaultheria procumbens, also called the eastern teaberry, the checkerberry, the boxberry, or the American wintergreen, is a perennial species of Gaultheria native to northeastern North America from Newfoundland west to southeastern Manitoba, and south to Alabama. It is a member of the Ericaceae (heath family).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gaultheria procumbens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
