False Azalea, Fool's Huckleberry, Fool's-huckleberry, Rusty Menziesia
Rhododendron menziesii
Synonyms: Menziesia ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea ssp. ferruginea, lMenziesia ferruginea ssp. glabella, Menziesia ferruginea var. ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea var. glabella, Menziesia glabella
![False Azalea, Fool's Huckleberry, Rusty Menziesia: Rhododendron menziesii (Synonyms: Menziesia ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea ssp. ferruginea, lMenziesia ferruginea ssp. glabella, Menziesia ferruginea var. ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea var. glabella, Menziesia glabella)](../../../../cascade/5petal/heath/menziesia/ferruginea3a.jpg)
This photo shows fool's huckleberry as seen on Silver Star Mt. in the southwestern Gifford Pinchot N.F........July 9, 2008.
- ![False Azalea, Fool's Huckleberry, Rusty Menziesia: Rhododendron menziesii (Synonyms: Menziesia ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea ssp. ferruginea, lMenziesia ferruginea ssp. glabella, Menziesia ferruginea var. ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea var. glabella, Menziesia glabella)](../../../../cascade/5petal/heath/menziesia/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.
![False Azalea, Fool's Huckleberry, Rusty Menziesia: Rhododendron menziesii (Synonyms: Menziesia ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea ssp. ferruginea, lMenziesia ferruginea ssp. glabella, Menziesia ferruginea var. ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea var. glabella, Menziesia glabella)](../../../../cascade/5petal/heath/menziesia/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