General:
Dwarf, mat-forming shrub; stems prostrate to ascending, 5-30 cm long.

Leaves:
Alternate, evergreen or tardily deciduous, elliptic-oblong, 0.5-2 cm long, 0.2-0.8 cm wide, thick, scaly-glandular on both surfaces, tips blunt, dark green and wrinkled-looking above, brownish below, margins somewhat rolled under; stalks 2-3 mm long.

Flowers:
Showy, in few-flowered terminal clusters, fragrant; flower stalks 0.3-1.4 cm long, scaly-glandular; corollas deep purple, 8-12 mm long, 5-lobed; calyces persistent, 0.5-1.5 mm long, 5-lobed, fringed, dorsally scaly-glandular; stamens 5-10, filaments purple, glabrous; anthers rather short, oval.

Fruits:
Capsules, egg-shaped, 5-8 mm long, scaly-glandular.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Flower Colour:
Purple

Blooming Period:
Late Spring

Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Yellow
Present over the

Source:  The USDA