Handsome red-and-yellow flowers hang at the ends of branches above this bushy plant with several stems and many divided leaves. Height: 6-36 in (15-90 cm).
Open woods, on banks, near seeps.
Southern Alaska to Baja California; east to western Montana and Utah.
The species name formosa, Latin for "beautiful," aptly describes this large plant, especially when it has hundreds of lovely flowers nodding over it.
