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, groundberry, teaberry, wintergreen.

Polish: starzęśla rozesłana, gaulteria rozesłana, golteria rozesłana