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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Gaultheria hispidula
FAMILY
Ericaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Creeping Snowberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaultheria hispidula
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chiogenes hispidula
COMMON NAME:
Creeping Snowberry, Moxie
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_chhi6_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_gahi2_002_lvd
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Will Stuart wil_14802425180
August Hamilton County NY
Ferd's Bog
Here seen in a shrub bog with sphagnum and black spruce...
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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).
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Gaultheria hispidula
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaultheria hispidula
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chiogenes hispidula
2632
Shrub; Subshrub
Perennial
Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in - - -
Rare
Look for it in spruce-fir forests, northern hardwoods, forests, bogs at high elevations, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual
4-merous
4 sepals
4-lobed campanulate corolla
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
White
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p113
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p128
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p150