Ericaceae
Eastern teaberry
Gaultheria procumbens
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Gaultheria
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Common names
By language (19)
- Amharic
- የቁራ ሻይ
- Arabic
- عنب الأرض, شاي كندا
- arz
- عنب الارض
- Chinese
- 匍枝白珠, 東部茶莓
- Czech
- Libavka poléhavá, American wintergreen, Boxberry, Checkerberry, Eastern teaberry, Libavka položená
- Danish
- Nedliggende Bjergte
- Dutch
- Bergthee
- English
- Eastern teaberry, Wintergreen
- Finnish
- Lamosalali
- French
- Gaulthérie couchée
- German
- Niedere Scheinbeere
- Hungarian
- Kúszó fajdbogyó
- Japanese
- ウィンターグリーン, ヒメコウジ
- Macedonian
- Зимзелен
- Persian
- انگورک
- Polish
- Golteria rozesłana
- Russian
- Гаультерия лежачая
- Swedish
- Tuvvaktelbär
- Welsh
- Gweunlwyn ymlusgol
Synonyms
- Brossaea procumbens (L.) Kuntze
- Gaultheria humilis Salisb.
- Gaultheria procumbens f. accrescens Fernald & Hodgdon
- Gaultheria procumbens f. elongata Svenson
- Gaultheria procumbens f. leucocarpa MacKeever
- Gaultheria procumbens f. procumbens
- Gaultheria procumbens f. suborbiculata Fernald
- Gaultheria procumbens f. vitoidea E.H.L.Krause
- Gaultheria repens Raf.
- Gautiera procumbens (L.) Torr.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 855 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- 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
FlowerPhoto: Fluff Berger, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dave Behm, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dave Behm, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kathleen Houlahan Chayer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristof Zyskowski & Yulia Bereshpolova, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lynn Harper, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristof Zyskowski & Yulia Bereshpolova, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maria Duynisveld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristof Zyskowski & Yulia Bereshpolova, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tanja Milotić, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristof Zyskowski & Yulia Bereshpolova, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tom Rogers, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.