A berry of one of these shrubs.
Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry or red whortleberry);
Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry or blue whortleberry);
Vaccinium uliginosum (bog whortleberry or bilberry).
Gaultheria procumbens, native to North America, having solitary white flowers and aromatic leaves (checkerberry or teaberry)
Genus Chimaphila (prince's pine, pipsissewa)
The aroma of the oil, methyl salicylate, however derived.
Genus Orthilia
The spicy red berries of Gaultheria procumbens.
Genus Pyrola, native to northern temperate and Arctic regions.
Some species of the herbaceous genus Trientalis, in family Primulaceae (chickweed wintergreen)
Chimaphila maculata – striped wintergreen, pipsissewa
The oil, methyl salicylate, obtained from these berries.
Gaultheria humifusa – alpine wintergreen
Genus Moneses
Gaultheria ovatifolia – western teaberry or Oregon spicy wintergreen