Fool's Huckleberry, False Azalea, Rusty Menziesia
Menziesia ferruginea
Synonyms: Menziesia ferruginea ssp. glabella, Menziesia ferruginea var. ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea var. glabella, Menziesia glabella
![Fool's Huckleberry, False Azalea, Rusty Menziesia: Menziesia ferruginea (Synonyms: Menziesia ferruginea ssp. glabella, Menziesia ferruginea var. ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea var. glabella, Menziesia glabella)](ferruginea3a.jpg)
This photo shows fool's huckleberry as seen on Silver Star Mt. in the southwestern Gifford Pinchot N.F........July 9, 2008.
- ![Fool's Huckleberry, False Azalea, Rusty Menziesia: Menziesia ferruginea (Synonyms: Menziesia ferruginea ssp. glabella, Menziesia ferruginea var. ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea var. glabella, Menziesia glabella)](ferruginea22b.jpg)
Fool's huckleberry blooming along the Boundary Trail #1 between the Johnston Ridge Observatory and Harry's Ridge, Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument..........July 2, 2014.
![Fool's Huckleberry, False Azalea, Rusty Menziesia: Menziesia ferruginea (Synonyms: Menziesia ferruginea ssp. glabella, Menziesia ferruginea var. ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea var. glabella, Menziesia glabella)](ferruginea07-08-2018.jpg)
Fool's huckleberry still blooming about one-third of a mile uphill from Soda Peaks Lake along the Soda Peaks Lake Trail #133, Trapper Creek Wilderness.......July 7, 2018.
Paul Slichter