Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to Alberta, Montana, Wyoming, and Arizona.

Habitat: Rocky sites in high coniferous forests to alpine meadows.

Flowers: June-August

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bumblebees, bees, flies

Matted, evergreen shrubs 1-4 dm. tall, forming large mats, the young stems finely pubescent and glandular, soon becoming glabrous.

Leaves linear, alternate, closely crowded, persistent, 8-16 mm. long and 1-2 mm. broad, deeply grooved beneath, leaving a peg-like leaf scar.

Flowers single in the leaf axils, clustered at the stem tips; calyx lobes 5, nearly distinct, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse; corolla united, bell-shaped, about 7 mm. long, deep pinkish-rose, the 5 short lobes recurved; stamens 10, included, the reddish anthers without awns, opening by apical slits; ovary superior, glandular-pubescent.

Capsule opening from the apex.