| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Gaultheria procumbens L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 895 (1753) |
| Native Range | c. & e. Canada to nc. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 0-1500m |
| Description | leaves adaxially glaucous, obovate to orbiculate, 1-5cm, serrate, acute or obtuse, sparsely hirsute, flowers 1-3, axillary, pendent, sepals white, cordate, corolla urceolate |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | early summer |
| 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 | Brossaea procumbens (L.) Kuntze Gaultheria humilis Salisb. Gaultheria procumbens f. accrescens Fernald & Hodgdon Gaultheria procumbens f. elongata Svenson Gaultheria procumbens f. leucocarpa MacKeever Gaultheria procumbens f. suborbiculata Fernald Gaultheria procumbens f. vitoidea E.H.L.Krause Gaultheria repens Raf. Gautiera procumbens (L.) Torr. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, PEI Prince Edward I., QUE Québec) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, 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, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia) |