common wintergreen

plant
Also known as: lesser wintergreen

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wintergreen

  • Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)
    In wintergreen

    Common, or lesser, wintergreen (P. minor) has pinkish globular flowers growing in a dense cluster. The pinkish globular flowers of intermediate wintergreen (P. media) grow in a rather elongated cylindrical cluster. The flowers of round-leaved wintergreen (P. americana) are white, with widely spread petals.

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