Shrubs. Stems 1–3 m, glabrate to gray-pilose, becoming brown. Leaves mostly glabrous, green above, paler beneath with 9 to 13 narrowly lanceolate, acuminate leaflets 3–7 cm long. Inflorescence flat-topped to hemispheric, white-pilose. Flowers: calyx white-pilose; sepals 1–1.5 mm long; petals 4–6 mm long. Pome usually orange (red), 5–10 mm long (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).Our plants are variety
scopulina.
Moist forest, avalanche slopes, margins of lakes, streams; montane, subalpine (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).