HANDBOOK 14 8. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Squaw-carpet ceanothus 



>d stipules 



F-49410I-, 



dust pollen from end slits in the anther sacs; seed pods 



(capsules) globe-shaped, 5-celled, splitting along parti- 

 tions between cells (and also part way down middle- 

 back of some cells), at last falling and leaving a flanged 

 core topping their stalks; dwarf alpine or subalpine 

 shrubs less than 2 feet high, with several stems from 

 underground rootstocks; poisonous to livestock; Cas- 

 cades, Oreg., Wash.; Blue and Wallowa Mts., ne. Oreg. 

 alpine bog kalmia (Kalmia polifolia var. microphylla). 

 10. Leaf margins toothed; shrubs or half-shrubs of moist 

 sites in open or dense woods. 



