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Photographer: Christopher Noll
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Family Ericaceae
Gaultheria procumbens L.
checkerberry, eastern teaberry, wintergreen
Gaultheria: for Jean François Gaulthier (1708-1756), botanist appointed King's physician in 1741 for Quebec
procumbens: with trailing, prostrate stems
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect/creeping, perennial, 4"-8" tall shrub; stems leafy near the top |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted, 1/4"-1/3" long, lobes rounded and tiny; solitary, nodding, stalked flowers from the leaf axils; blooms July-Aug. |
| Fruit: | red, berry-like, aromatic |
| Leaf: | alternate, edible, evergreen, leathery, shiny, elliptical to oblong, 3/4"-2" long, edges sometimes folded downward |
| Habitat: | dry to moist; forests, inland sands; in sandy, acidic soil |
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