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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gaultheria hispidula   FAMILY Ericaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaultheria hispidula   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Gaultheria hispidula

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Gaultheria hispidula

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Chiogenes hispidula

 

COMMON NAME:
Creeping Snowberry, Moxie


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image of Gaultheria hispidula, Creeping Snowberry, Moxie

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_chhi6_001_lvd

        

image of Gaultheria hispidula, Creeping Snowberry, Moxie

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_gahi2_002_lvd

        

image of Gaultheria hispidula, Creeping Snowberry, Moxie

Will Stuart    wil_14802425180

August    Hamilton County    NY

Ferd's Bog

Here seen in a shrub bog with sphagnum and black spruce...

image of Gaultheria hispidula, Creeping Snowberry, Moxie

Will Stuart    wil_14802425180b

August    Hamilton County    NY

Ferd's Bog

Stems creeping, the leaves 3-10mm long, well-distributed along the stem, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Gaultheria hispidula, Creeping Snowberry, Moxie

Will Stuart    wil_14986017221

August    Hamilton County    NY

Ferd's Bog

The fruit is a white berry with a wintergreen flavor, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gaultheria hispidula   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaultheria hispidula   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Gaultheria hispidula

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Gaultheria hispidula

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chiogenes hispidula

 

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2632

Shrub; Subshrub
Perennial

Habitat: spruce-fir forests, northern hardwoods forests, bogs at high elevations, per Weakley's Flora

Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
4-merous
4 sepals
4-lobed campanulate corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
White
Berry

 

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