Ericaceae
Creeping snowberry
Gaultheria hispidula
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Gaultheria
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Common names
By language (4)
- atj
- Pirewominan
- Czech
- Sněžníček
- English
- Creeping snowberry
- Russian
- Гаультерия щетинистоволосая
Synonyms
- Arbutus filiformis Lam.
- Arbutus thymifolia Aiton
- Chiogenes hispidula (L.) Torr. & A.Gray
- Chiogenes serpyllifolia Salisb.
- Gaultheria serpyllifolia Pursh
- Glyciphylla hispidula (L.) Raf.
- Lasierpa hispidula (L.) Torr.
- Oxycoccus hispidulus Pers.
- Phalerocarpus hispidulus (L.) G.Don ex Heynh.
- Phalerocarpus serpyllifolia G.Don
- Schollera hispidula (L.) Steud.
- Vaccinium hispidulum L.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Jomegat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Emily Sarrazin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Chris E, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Doug McGrady, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Curtis Brubaker, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Green Optics, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Lemieux Serge, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: CARMEN BÉRUBÉ, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Paul Prior, CC BY 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.