Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, east to the Rocky Mountains.

Habitat: From middle to high elevations in the mountains.

Flowers: May-July

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bumblebees, bees, hummingbirds

Deciduous shrubs 1-2 m. tall.

Leaves opposite, short-petiolate, elliptic to oblong, broadly rounded, 2-8 cm. long and 1-4 cm. wide, glabrous above and glabrous or stiff-hairy beneath.

Peduncles axillary, 5-15 cm. long, elongating in fruit, with a pair of minute bracts at the summit; flowers paired; corolla light yellow or ochroleucous, 1-2 cm. long, slightly two-lipped, the lobes much shorter than the tube, which is hairy within and has a short, thick spur at the base; stamens 5, glabrous; ovary 2-celled, inferior,

Fruit a bright red berry, nearly 1 cm. thick.