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|accepted_name=Gaultheria procumbens
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 395. 1753 ,
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|common_names=Eastern teaberry;checkerberry;wintergreen
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae;Gaultheria;Gaultheria procumbens
|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 procumbens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 513
|treatment_page=page 514
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Subshrubs,</b> creeping, not mat-forming, rhizomatous or stoloniferous; adventitious roots absent. <b>Stems</b> decumbent, branches ascending, 5–20 cm, lanate, glabrescent. <b>Leaf</b> blades (pale green abaxially, bright green, glaucous adaxially), obovate to oval or orbiculate, 1.5–4.5 cm, base cuneate to rounded, margins serrate (teeth bristle-tipped), (slightly revolute), apex acute to rounded or obtuse, rarely mucronate, surfaces sparsely hairy (hairs unbranched). <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, solitary flowers or with 2–3 nodding flowers per node; bracts reddish, cordate, distinctly concave, 1–2 mm, not exceeding sepals, ciliate marginally. <b>Pedicels</b> pinkish, 1–3 mm, lanate; bracteoles absent. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 5, connate 1/2 to nearly their entire lengths, white, cordate, 2.5–3.5 mm, ciliate marginally; petals 5, connate nearly their entire lengths, white, 8–10 mm, adaxial surface lanate-hairy, corolla urceolate, lobes 1 mm; filaments (pinkish), slightly widened proximally, lanate-tomentose; anthers with 2 apical awns (awns not bifurcating), dehiscent by subterminal pores proximal to awns. <b>Fruits</b> bright red to reddish violet, 6–9 mm wide. <b>2n</b> = 44, 88.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Sep; fruiting Sep–Jan.
|habitat=Mixed woodlands, mesic forests, dry, acidic woodlands, powerline rights-of-way, roadbanks, old pastures, coniferous woodlands, maritime heathlands, montane heath balds, bogs and fens, usually in acidic and/or sandy soils
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p>Although common or abundant in most of its range, <i>Gaultheria procumbens</i> has been listed as endangered in Illinois.</p>
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name=Gaultheria procumbens
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Sep; fruiting Sep–Jan.
|habitat=Mixed woodlands, mesic forests, dry, acidic woodlands, powerline rights-of-way, roadbanks, old pastures, coniferous woodlands, maritime heathlands, montane heath balds, bogs and fens, usually in acidic and/or sandy soils
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_1003.xml
|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae
|genus=Gaultheria
|species=Gaultheria procumbens
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