Indicator Plants

• An evergreen semi-shrub (somewhat woody)
• Common in meadows and scree slopes
• Subalpine and alpine elevations

• Form: Growing prostrate or erect, mat-forming, stems often red
• Leaves: Numerous growing in dense basal tufts, 2-3 times dissected at tip, persistent for many years
• Flowers: Small, white, borne on crowded terminal cluster on leafy stem
• Fruit: Follicle containing several seeds

• Divided leaves resemble the foot of a partridge, hence the name

• Often grows alongside heather, but not always

E-Flora of BC - Luetkea pectinata

Douglas, G.W. et al (Editors). 1998-2002. Illustrated Flora of British Columbia, Volumes 1 to 8. B.C. Min. Environ., Lands and Parks, and B.C. Min. For., Victoria, B.C.

Pojar, J. and A. MacKinnon. 2014. Plants of Coastal British Columbia Including Washington, Oregon & Alaska. B.C. Ministry of Forestry and Lone Pine Publishing. Vancouver, B.C.