Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to Oregon, east to Wyoming.

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

Flowers: July-September

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 glandular-pubescent.

Leaves linear, alternate, closely crowded, persistent, 6-12 mm. long and 1-1.5 mm. broad, finely glandular-puberulent, revolute, leaving a peg-like leaf scar.

Flowers single in the leaf axils, clustered at the stem tips; calyx lobes 5, nearly distinct, narrowly lanceolate, acute; corolla united, narrowly urn-shaped, dirty yellowish to greenish-white, 5-7 mm. long, the 5 lobes short, ovate-lanceolate, spreading; stamens 10, included, the anthers without awns, opening by apical slits; ovary superior, glandular.

Capsule opening from the apex.