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Gaultheria hispidula, commonly known as the creeping snowberry or moxie-plum, and known to Micmaq tribes of Newfoundland as Manna Teaberry, is a perennial [2] spreading ground-level vine of the heath family Ericaceae. It is native to North America and produces small white edible berries.
The stems emerge from creeping rhizomes, growing 10–25 cm (4–10 in) tall. The nearly round flowers, which appear in early summer, are found on top of tall stalks. They are white or pinkish and are insect pollinated. The flowers mature to small (6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) in diameter) capsules bearing the seeds of the plant, which are ...
Gaultheria procumbens, also called the eastern teaberry, the checkerberry, [a] the boxberry, or the American wintergreen, is a species of Gaultheria native to northeastern North America from Newfoundland west to southeastern Manitoba, and south to Alabama. [1]
Gaultheria humifusa (Graham) Rydb. - alpine wintergreen or alpine spicy wintergreen – western Canada and western United States; Gaultheria hypochlora Airy Shaw – Arunachal Pradesh, Tibet, China (Sichuan and Yunnan) and northern Myanmar; Gaultheria insana (Molina) D.J.Middleton south-central Chile and southern Argentina
It is commonly known as ground-ivy, gill-over-the-ground, [2] creeping charlie, alehoof, tunhoof, catsfoot, field balm, and run-away-robin. [2] It is also sometimes known as creeping jenny, but that name more commonly refers to Lysimachia nummularia. It is used as a salad green in many countries.
Gaultheria ovatifolia is a small, low shrub with stems only about 35 cm (14 in) in maximum length, usually growing as a ground-hugging mat. The evergreen pointed, oval-shaped leaves are 2 to 3 cm (3 ⁄ 4 to 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) long and green. The plant bears small, solitary bell-shaped flowers in shades of white to very light pink with reddish ...