Distribution: Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to Oregon.

Habitat: Rock crevices and rocky slopes, usually above timberline.

Flowers: June-August

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bumblebees, bees, hummingbirds

Perennial, the stems clustered, erect or ascending from a woody base, unbranched, 1-2 dm. tall.

Leaves alternate, finely villous, deeply divided into 3-5 divergent lobes, the lateral segments not much narrower than the mid-blade.

Inflorescence showy, short and few-flowered, bright scarlet or crimson; bracts villous, 5-parted, much shorter than the flowers; calyx 15-25 mm. long, deeply cleft above and below, its primary lobes again divided into 2 segments 1-5 mm. long; corolla 25-35 mm. long, the upper lip equal or longer than the tube and many times longer than the dark green, thickened, lower lip; stamens 4.

Capsule.