Ericaceae
Trailing arbutus
Epigaea repens
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Epigaea
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Common names
By language (6)
- Bulgarian
- Пълзяща епигея
- Chinese
- 五月花
- English
- Trailing arbutus, May flower
- Japanese
- アメリカイワナシ
- Persian
- توت فرنگی وحشی
- Russian
- Эпигея ползучая
Synonyms
- Epigaea repens f. plena Rehder
- Epigaea repens f. repens
- Epigaea repens f. rosea Farw.
- Epigaea repens f. rubicunda (D.Don) Rehder
- Epigaea repens var. glabrifolia Fernald
- Epigaea repens var. repens
- Epigaea repens var. rubicunda D.Don
- Epigaea rubicunda (D.Don) Steud.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Steve Plumb, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ian Manning, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Steve Plumb, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Craig Martin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: B. Domangue, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.