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slender wintergreen
Gaultheria ovatifolia
Gaultheria ovatifolia is a species of shrub in the heath family which is known by the common names western teaberry and Oregon spicy wintergreen. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows in high mountain forests. This is a small, low shrub with stems only about 35 centimeters in maximum length. The pointed, oval-shaped leaves are 2 to 3 centimeters long and green. The plant bears small, solitary bell-shaped...
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Description
Gaultheria ovatifolia is a small, low shrub with stems only about 35 cm (14 in) in maximum length, usually growing as a ground-hugging mat. The evergreen pointed, oval-shaped leaves are 2 to 3 cm (3⁄4 to 1+1⁄4 in) long and green. The plant bears small, solitary bell-shaped flowers in shades of white to very light pink with reddish bracts. The flowers hang like tiny bells. The fruit is a red berrylike capsule.
At the table
The fruit is edible. It was a food for the Hoh and Quileute of the Pacific Northwest.
Wikipedia: “Uses”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Gaultheria ovatifolia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 77228.