Shrubs 3-20(-30) cm; twigs terete, without old leaves. Leaves: petiole winged, 1-4(-5) mm, glabrous; blade ovate, obovate, or oblanceolate, (10-)15-30(-60) × 10-20(-30) mm, base attenuate-cuneate, decurrent onto petiole, apex acute, obtuse, or rounded, surfaces not or slightly rugose, glabrous. Inflorescences 2-5-flowered; bracts broadly ovate, (5-7 mm), membranous, (margins densely ciliate). Pedicels 0.6 mm. Flowers: sepals pale green or yellow, 0.8-1.2 mm, apex acute; corolla whitish to cream, urceolate, 3.5-4.5 mm, lobes spreading, whitish to cream, ovate, 1 mm, glabrous except for hairs on adaxial surface; stamens 1.5-2 mm; anthers reddish, becoming yellow, 0.6-0.7 mm, horns 0.2-0.3 mm. Fruits brick red or scarlet, 6-10(-12) mm diam. Pyrenes 2.5-3 × 1.6-2.2 mm. 2n = 26.
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A small shrub. It grows 20-45 cm tall.
Rocky and gravelly, arctic or alpine tundra, often in calcareous soils, coastal limestone heaths, swampy woods; at elevations up to 2,500 metres.
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It is a cool temperate plant.
Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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