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|accepted_name=Gaultheria hispidula
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Muhlenberg ex Bigelow
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Boston. ed.
|place=2, 165. 1824 ,
}}
|common_names=Creeping snowberry;cancer wintergreen
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Vaccinium hispidulum
|authority=Linnaeus
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Chiogenes hispidula
|authority=(Linnaeus) Torrey & A. Gray
}}
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae;Gaultheria;Gaultheria hispidula
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Gaultheria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Gaultheria hispidula]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 512
|treatment_page=page 513
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Subshrubs </b>(vinelike), creeping, mat-forming, stoloniferous; roots adventitious or fibrous. <b>Stems</b> repent, 10–14 cm, densely strigose. <b>Leaf</b> blades elliptic to oval, 0.3–1 cm, base cuneate to rounded, margins ciliate, (slightly revolute), apex acute, abaxial surface strigose, adaxial glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, solitary flowers; bracts light green, broadly lanceolate, 1.5–2 mm, exceeding sepals, sparsely strigose. <b>Pedicels</b> light green, 1.5–3 mm, strigose; bracteoles absent. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 4, connate ca. 1/2 their lengths, white, ovate, 1–1.5 mm, hairy basally (hairs dark red); petals 4, connate 1/3 their lengths, white, 2–3.5 mm, glabrous, corolla campanulate, lobes 1.5–2 mm; filaments broadest in middle and narrowing distally and proximally, glabrous; anthers with 2 bifurcating awns, dehiscent by subterminal pores. <b>Fruits</b> white, 2.5–6 mm wide. <b>2n</b> = 22.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun-early Aug; fruiting Jul–Sep.
|habitat=Sphagnum bogs, fens and mossy, coniferous woodland forests and swamps, often on moss-covered or rotting logs
|elevation=30-1400 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Conn.;Idaho;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;Vt.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.
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name=Gaultheria hispidula
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) Muhlenberg ex Bigelow
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Chiogenes hispidula
|basionyms=Vaccinium hispidulum
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun-early Aug; fruiting Jul–Sep.
|habitat=Sphagnum bogs, fens and mossy, coniferous woodland forests and swamps, often on moss-covered or rotting logs
|elevation=30-1400 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Conn.;Idaho;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;Vt.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Boston. ed.
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_1000.xml
|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae
|genus=Gaultheria
|species=Gaultheria hispidula
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