March 27, 1806, along the Cowlitz River, Washington.

Spindly shrub with clusters of pink flowers. Leaves 2.5 in (63.5 cm), palmately five-lobed. Flowers red to pink, tubular; 0.8 in (2 cm). Fruit: blue-black berries; 0.3 in (0.8 cm). Height: 8 ft (2.4 m).

Semi-open lowland forests, clearings, rocky slopes, foothill woodlands.

South from British Columbia and Washington to coastal California. Also found in Idaho.