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Gaultheria (Checkerberry)
Checkerberries belong to a broad genus with several dwarf, woody, sprawling to ground covering shrubs native of temperate climates in the northern and southern hemisphere, growing in humus-rich, slightly wet soils.
Gaultheria procumbens (Wintergreen, Checkerberry)
Gaultheria procumbens Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Bluestone Perennials
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or checkerberry, low evergreen plant (Gaultheria procumbens) of the family Ericaceae ( family), native to sandy and acid woods (usually of evergreens) of E North America and frequently cultivated.
Synonyms: checkerberry, deerberry, winter clover, hive vine, one-berry, twin-berry, squaw vine, squaw berry
Order: Rubiaceae ...
Checkerberry [English]: Gaultheria procumbens
Checkerberry Wintergreen [English]: Gaultheria procumbens
Checkerbloom [English]: Sidalcea malviflora
Checkerbloom [English]: Sidalcea candida 'Oberon'
Checkerbloom [English]: Sidalcea malviflora var.
Nombres relacionados: Canada tea (inglés), Checkerberry (inglés), Deerberry (inglés), Eastern teaberry (inglés), Ericaceae (familia), Gaulteria (castellano), Gaultheria fragans (similar), Gaultheria leucocarpa (similar), Gaultheria punctata (similar), ...
Wintergreen (Teaberry, Checkerberry)
Gaultheria procumbens
Wintergreen has bright red berries. Both leaves and berries are aromatic.
" Throughout its extensive range it has won a number of regional names: Box Berry, Canadian Mint, Checkerberry, Deerberry, Leatherleaf, Ground-tea or Groundberry, Hillberry, Mountainberry, Patridgeberry, Spiceberry, Teaberry, Wax Cluster, ...
Other common names include Box Berry, Checkerberry, Deerberry, Eastern Teaberry, Ground Holly, Mountain Tea, Creeping Wintergreen, Ground Tea, Partridge-Berry, Petit the du bois (Quebec, "little tea of the woods"), Redberry Wintergreen, Spice Berry, ...
Checkerberry (Gaultheria procumbens)
Checkerbloom (Sidalcea 'Party Girl')
Checkered Lily (Fritillaria meleagris)
Cheddar Pink (Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Karlic')
Cheddar Pinks (Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Bath's Pink') ...
 See also: Green, Wintergreen, Evergreen, May, Medic
  
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