Gaultheria procumbens in profile

Ericaceae

B and T World Seeds' reference: 1188

Common Names:

Box Berry, Boxberry, Checker Berry, Checkerberry, Creeping Wintergreen, Kanadacayi, Mountain Tea, Spicy Wintergreen Checkerberry, Tea-Berry, Teaberry, Wintergreen

Flower:

WHITE to PINK,-7mm.dia.

Fruit:

RED berry, to 15mm.

Foliage:

ell.obov.,to 5x2cm.

Height:

(creeping)

Form:

sub-shrub

Uses:

Aromatic, Culinary, Economic, Medicinal

Minimum Temperature:

USDA zone: 4 (-34,40 to -28,90 Centigrade)

• 9: Alpine and Rock Garden Seed List (Hardy and Tender)
• 30: "Exotic" and Other Fruit and Nut Tree and Shrub List
• 36: Herb Seed List - Culinary, Medicinal, Dye, and Aromatic
• 43: Herbaceous Border Plant Seed List
• 55: Fragrant or Aromatic Flower or Foliage Plant Seeds
• 86: Natives of U.S.North East
• 89: Natives of U.S.South East
• 96: Canadian Natives, Eastern
• 130: Ground-cover Plant Seed List (see also List 133)
• 379: Ericaceae

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