Menziesia ferruginea
This most graceful of shrubs may grow up to 12 feet high, often climbing over other plants. Young stems are copperbrown. The leaves form whorls much like azaleas. The flowers appear with the leaves and there are no berries.

Another common name for this species is "Fool's Huckleberry" since the bell-shaped flower resembles the huckleberry. The false azalea contains a poisonous compound called andromedotoxin and can be harmful to
livestock if eaten in large quantities. This species is found mostly on moist well drained soils from the coast to the mountains.