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Gaultheria hispidula

creeping snowberry
Habit Creeping, slender-stemmed shrub, the stems with somewhat appressed, brownish-bristly hairs.
Leaves

Leaves elliptic to obovate, leathery, entire, revolute, 4-10 mm. long, with petioles 1.5-2.5 mm. long, the blades brownish-bristly on the lower surface.
Flowers

Flowers mostly axillary and single, subtended by two ovate bracts that are longer than the calyx;

corolla bell-shaped, deeply 4-lobed;

stamens 8, the filaments flattened, the anthers opening by 2 large, lateral pores.
Fruits

Berry a clear white, 3-5 mm. thick, surrounded by the calyx, juicy, spicy, aromatic.

Gaultheria hispidula
Flowering time May-June
Habitat Sphagnum bogs and deep coniferous woods.
Distribution
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in northeastern Washsington; British Columbia to Washington and Idaho, east across Canada to the Great Lakes region and northeastern North America.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Sensitive in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa
G. humifusa, G. ovatifolia, G. shallon
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