Distribution: Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska south to California, east to Idaho, across Canada; from the upper Midwest to the Atlantic coast.

Habitat: Usually in sphagnum bogs.

Flowers: May-July

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Evergreen creeping shrub with glabrous to finely pubescent stems.

Leaves alternate, ovate to lanceolate, acute, 5-15 mm. long, deep green, shining on the upper surface, grayish beneath, strongly revolute.

Flowers 1-several, terminal or lateral on the stem; pedicels very slender, 2-4 cm. long, usually glabrous, with 2 tiny bractlets usually below mid-length; petals 4, distinct, deep pinkish, 5-8 mm. long, recurved; anthers with pore-bearing terminal tubes but without awns; ovary inferior.

Fruit a berry, deep red, 5-10 mm. broad.