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Gaultheria procumbens
Aromatic evergreen plant with erect, branched stems up to 15 cm tall. Flowers are solitary, white, nodding, with a 5-lobed urn-shaped corolla. July to August.
Moist to dry forests. I find them often in rocky areas where lichen and moss grow.
Reference: Dickinson, Metsger, Bull, Dickinson. The ROM field guide to Wildflowers of Ontario. Toronto: ROM, M&S, 2004.
Spotted on May 7, 2011
Submitted on May 7, 2011
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