| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Epigaea repens L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 395 (1753) |
| Native Range | c. & e. Canada to nc. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| 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 | subshrub |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Epigaea repens var. glabrifolia Fernald Epigaea repens f. plena Rehder Epigaea repens f. rosea Farw. Epigaea repens var. rubicunda D.Don Epigaea repens f. rubicunda (D.Don) Rehder Epigaea rubicunda (D.Don) Steud. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, PEI Prince Edward I.) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (IOW Iowa, MIN Minnesota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, RHO Rhode I., VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, DEL Delaware, FLA Florida, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, MSI Mississippi, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia) |