Shrubs. Stems erect, 50–150 cm; twigs 4-angled, glabrate. Leaf blades 4–15 cm long, oblong to ovate with acuminate tips, glabrate to sparsely hirsute beneath. Inflorescence: peduncles 1–4 cm long, surmounted by 4 purple, glandular bracts reflexed in fruit. Flowers: corolla yellow, 10–15 mm long, glandular-pubescent, lobes shorter than the tube. Berry black, 6–10 mm wide
(Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Our plants are variety
involucrata.
Moist forest, meadows, avalanche slopes, especially along streams; montane, subalpine
(Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).