| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Epigaea repens L. |
| Synonyms | Epigaea rubicunda (D.Don) Steud. |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 0-1500m |
| Description | leaves alternate, petiolate, ovate-elliptic, 3-8cm, at base rounded or cordate, ciliate, mucronate, distinctly reticulate, inflorescence axillary or terminal cluster |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | pink, white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | - |
| Type | shrub, carpet |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
| Territory |
Northern America
Western Canada (Manitoba ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , New Brunswick , Newfoundland , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Prince Edward I. ) North-Central U.S.A. (Iowa , Minnesota , Wisconsin ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Connecticut , Indiana , Maine , Masachusettes , Michigan , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Rhode I. , Vermont , West Virginia ) Southeastern U.S.A. (Alabama , Delaware , Florida , Georgia , Kentucky , Maryland , Mississippi , North Carolina , South Carolina , Tennessee , Virginia , District of Columbia) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ERICACEAE
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