Small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia.

synonyms: Astroloma humifusum, cranberry heath, ground-berry, native cranberry, Styphelia humifusum.

Creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil.

synonyms: checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, ground-berry, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen.

Polish: starzęśla rozesłana, gaulteria rozesłana, golteria rozesłana