| Scientific Name: | Gaultheria procumbens |
| Common Name: | wintergreen |
| Family Name: | Ericaceae |
| Origin: | Canada - eastern, U.S. - northeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen, Ground cover |
| Mature Size: | 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Ground cover, Rock garden, Wildlife food, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Lustrous, Elliptic, Obovate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Pink, Jun-Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Edible, (Accessory tissue), Red, Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Low, creeping, evergreen groundcover; leaves leathery, most elliptic-obovate, 2-4cm long x 1-2cm wide, margins serrulate, wintergreen scent when crushed, dark green but may have a reddish tint in winter; flowers urn-shaped, 8-10cm long, whitish, Jun-Jul; berry-like capsules (accessory tissue), minty taste, persistent. | |