Plant: perennial, rhizomatous, evergreen sub-shrubs Leaves: generally many per node; blades oblanceolate, 3-7 cm long, toothed; upper surface dark green, veins not white-bordered; lower surface pale green Inflorescence: inflorescence bracts linear-lanceolate, fragile Flowers: 3-10; actinomorphic, sepals broadly ovate, about 2 mm long; apex mainly rounded; margins fringed; petals pink to red, 6-8 mm long; filament enlargement lightly hairy on margins only; anthers 2.5-3.0 mm long Fruit: FRUITS erect capsules, without fibers connecting opened valves Misc: Coniferous forests; 1800-2900 m (6000-9500 ft); Jun-Aug Notes: scapes to 30 cm tall, minutely papillate, becoming densely glandular papillate in the inflorescence REFERENCES: Haber, Erich. 1992. Pyrolaceae. Ariz.-Nev. Acad. Sci. 26(1)2.