Pinus contorta var. murrayana (Balf.) Engelm.

Trees to 50m; trunk to 0.
 diam., straight, little tapering; crown mostly conic at maturity. Bark scaly, not evidently furrowed, orange-to purple-brown. Branches spreading, ascending at tips. Leaves 5--
 ´ 1--2mm, yellow-green, apex acute. Seed cones maturing in 2 years, shedding seeds and falling soon thereafter, nearly symmetric, mostly spreading, rarely in whorls, more often paired or solitary, mid and lower apophyses mostly shallowly domed.

Montane forests; at elevations from 400-3,500 metres.

The inner cambium layer is eaten. The sap is eaten.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.