| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Gaultheria hispidula (L.) Muhl. ex Bigelow |
| Bibliography | Fl. Boston., ed. 2: 165 (1824) |
| Native Range | Subarctic America to Canada, n. USA to Maryland |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | bogs, marshes |
| Altitude | 30-1400m |
| Description | branchlets thin, appressed brown hirsute, leaves elliptic to obovate, entire, revolute, 4-10mm, flowers axillary, corolla campanulate, deeply 4-lobate, berry bright white |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | pinkish, white |
| Bloom | late spring |
| Ca | - |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Arbutus filiformis Lam. Arbutus thymifolius Aiton Chiogenes hispidula (L.) Torr. & A.Gray ex Torr. Chiogenes serpyllifolia (Pursh) Salisb. Gaultheria serpyllifolia Pursh Glyciphylla hispidula (L.) Raf. Lasierpa hispidula (L.) Torr. Oxycoccus hispidulus (L.) Pers. Phalerocarpus hispidulus (L.) Heynh. Phalerocarpus serpyllifolius Pursh Schollera hispidula (L.) Steud. Vaccinium hispidulum L. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (NUN Nunavut) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, PEI Prince Edward I., QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, WAS Washington) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (MIN Minnesota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, 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. (MRY Maryland) |