[The Heath Family in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

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)

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) - 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 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)

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