Twigs short-hairy, eglandular. Leaf blades glabrous abaxially. Inflorescences short-hairy.

Flowering winter-early spring. Maritime chaparral on coastal uplands; of conservation concern; 100- 300 m; Calif.

Subspecies hebeclada is found on the Monterey Peninsula in the outer Central Coast Range. It occurs in mixed stands with subspp. bracteosa and tomentosa.