General:
Matted, low shrub; stems 10-25 cm tall, many, slender, broomlike, strongly angled, greenish or yellowish-green, glabrous.

Leaves:
Alternate, deciduous, lance-egg-shaped to oval, to 12 mm long, tips pointed to sharp-pointed, bases rounded to wedge-shaped, light-green, finely toothed, glabrous, shiny above, dull and conspicuously veined below.

Flowers:
Solitary in leaf axils; flower stalks 2-2.5 mm long, nodding; corollas pinkish, narrowly urn-shaped, about 4 mm long; calyces very shallowly lobed, almost obsolete; filaments glabrous; anthers awned, the pore-bearing terminal tubes about equal to the pollen sacs.

Fruits:
Berries, globe-shaped, 3-5 mm wide, bright red; edible and sweet.

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:
Red

Blooming Period:
Early Summer

Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Red
Present from Summer to Fall

Source:  The USDA