Twigs eglandular-hairy, sessile glands beneath. Petioles 4-8 mm, eglandular-hairy, sessile glands beneath . Inflorescences: immature inflorescence axis 1.5-2 cm, rachis eglandular-hairy, sessile glands beneath; branches slender; bracts eglandular-hairy, sessile glands beneath.

Flowering winter-early spring. Closed-cone conifer chaparral on serpentine soil; of conservation concern; 300-600 m; Calif.

Subspecies sublaevis occurs in the southern outer North Coast Range between Cazadero and Healdsberg, Sonoma County.