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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
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|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-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form or orientation;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form"><b>Subshrubs,</b> creeping, not mat-forming, rhizomatous or stoloniferous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="adventitiou-root presence">adventitious-roots absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem growth form or orientation;branch orientation;branch some measurement;branch pubescence;branch pubescence"><b>Stems </b>decumbent, branches ascending, 5–20 cm, lanate, glabrescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade-leaf shape;blade-leaf distance;base shape;margin architecture or shape;apex shape;apex shape;surface pubescence"><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).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence position;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form;flower quantity;flower orientation"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary, solitary flowers or with 2–3 nodding flowers per node;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="bract coloration;bract shape;bract shape;bract some measurement;bract architecture or pubescence or shape">bracts reddish, cordate, distinctly concave, 1–2 mm, not exceeding sepals, ciliate marginally.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="pedicel coloration;pedicel some measurement;pedicel pubescence"><b>Pedicels </b>pinkish, 1–3 mm, lanate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="bracteole presence">bracteoles absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="sepal quantity;sepal fusion;sepal quantity;sepal architecture or shape;sepal coloration;sepal shape;sepal some measurement;sepal architecture or pubescence or shape"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals 5, connate 1/2 to nearly their entire lengths, white, cordate, 2.5–3.5 mm, ciliate marginally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="petal quantity;petal fusion;petal lengths;petal coloration;petal some measurement;adaxial surface pubescence;corolla shape;lobe some measurement">petals 5, connate nearly their entire lengths, white, 8–10 mm, adaxial surface lanate-hairy, corolla urceolate, lobes 1 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="flower width;flower pubescence">filaments (pinkish), slightly widened proximally, lanate-tomentose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="anther dehiscence;apical awn quantity;subterminal pore position">anthers with 2 apical awns (awns not bifurcating), dehiscent by subterminal pores proximal to awns.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties=""><b>Fruits </b>bright red to reddish violet, 6–9 mm wide.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="fruit coloration;fruit width;2n chromosome quantity;2n chromosome quantity">2n = 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, Gaultheria procumbens has been listed as endangered in Illinois.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Gaultheria procumbens
|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=Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V8/V8_1003.xml
|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae
|genus=Gaultheria
|species=Gaultheria procumbens
|2n chromosome quantity=88;44
|adaxial surface pubescence=lanate-hairy
|adventitiou-root presence=absent
|anther dehiscence=dehiscent
|apex shape=mucronate;acute;rounded or obtuse
|apical awn quantity=2
|base shape=cuneate;rounded
|blade-leaf distance=1.5cm;4.5cm
|blade-leaf shape=obovate;oval or orbiculate
|bract architecture or pubescence or shape=ciliate
|bract coloration=reddish
|bract shape=concave;cordate
|bract some measurement=1mm;2mm
|bracteole presence=absent
|branch orientation=ascending
|branch pubescence=glabrescent;lanate
|branch some measurement=5cm;20cm
|corolla shape=urceolate
|flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|flower orientation=nodding
|flower pubescence=lanate-tomentose
|flower quantity=2;3
|flower width=widened
|fruit coloration=bright red;reddish violet
|fruit width=6mm;9mm
|inflorescence position=axillary
|lobe some measurement=1
|margin architecture or shape=serrate
|pedicel coloration=pinkish
|pedicel pubescence=lanate
|pedicel some measurement=1mm;3mm
|petal coloration=white
|petal fusion=connate
|petal lengths=entire
|petal quantity=5
|petal some measurement=8mm;10mm
|sepal architecture or pubescence or shape=ciliate
|sepal architecture or shape=1/2;entire
|sepal coloration=white
|sepal fusion=connate
|sepal quantity=1/2;5
|sepal shape=cordate
|sepal some measurement=2.5mm;3.5mm
|stem growth form or orientation=decumbent
|subterminal pore position=proximal
|surface pubescence=hairy
|whole_organism architecture=stoloniferous;rhizomatous
|whole_organism growth form=subshrub;not mat-forming
|whole_organism growth form or orientation=creeping
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