Description ²

• Shape: Creeping multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: White bell shaped, 4 petals
• Leaves: evergreen, oval-round shape, ¼-1/3 inch long and 1/8-¼ inch wide, barely pointed tip, widely spaced bristly hairs along edges
• Fruit/Seed: white berry, ¼ inch diameter, scattered brown hairs on surface
• Height: 8-18 inch creeper
• Flowering: May - June
• Habitat: sphagnum covered rocks and hummocks in cedar/spruce swamps and bogs

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Tyler Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/carex/49124862343/
2. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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