Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, east to the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains of the U.S. and Canada, reaching Ontario and Michigan.

Habitat: Wooded slopes, often near streams, and in aspen groves.

Flowers: May-July

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Sparingly branched perennial herbs from rhizomes, the leafy stem 3-6 dm. tall.

Leaves ovate to ovate-oblong, pointed, sub-cordate or rounded, somewhat pubescent below and glabrous above, the margins with spreading hairs.

Flowers 1-2 on stout, pubescent pedicels, narrowly bell-shaped, creamy white, 8-15 mm. long; tepals 6, alike, distinct, narrowly lanceolate, spreading from near the base; stamens 6, longer than the perianth, stigma shallowly lobed.

Fruit a red berry, depressed-globose, 7-10 mm. long.