© Alfred Cook (Photo ID #8470)
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.
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
Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
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Elevation
(metres) |
1451 | 710 | 1770 |
Slope
Gradient (%) |
28 | 0 | 64 |
Aspect (degrees) |
243 | 0 | 360 |
Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 1 | 7 |
Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
B | ||
#
of field plots species was recorded in: |
33 | ||
Modal
BEC Zone Class |
BAFA | ||
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BAFA(17), BWBS(1), SWB(15) | ||
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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