Groundberry
Groundberry may refer to: * '' Gaultheria procumbens'' * '' Rubus hispidus'' {{Short pages monitor ...
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Gaultheria Procumbens
''Gaultheria procumbens'', also called the eastern teaberry, the checkerberry, the boxberry, or the American wintergreen, is a species of ''Gaultheria'' native to northeastern North America from Newfoundland (island), Newfoundland west to southeastern Manitoba, and south to Alabama. It is a member of the Ericaceae (heath family). Growth and habitat ''G. procumbens'' is a small, low-growing shrub, typically reaching tall. The leaves are evergreen, elliptic to ovate, long and broad, with a distinct oil of wintergreen scent. The flowers are pendulous, with a white, sometimes pink-tinged, bell-shaped corolla (botany), corolla with five teeth at the tip long, and above it a white calyx (botany), calyx. They are borne in leaf axils, usually one to three per stem. The anthers are forked somewhat like a snake's tongue, with two awn (botany), awns at the tip. The fruit is red and across. It is an epigynous berry, with the majority of the flesh of the fruit being composed of the f ...
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