Plants: burl present; twigs (smooth), usually glabrous, sometimes puberulent . Leaves (spreading); petiole 6-10 mm; blade gray-glaucous, oblong-ovate to lanceolate-ovate, 2-4 cm wide, apex acute. 2n = 52.

Flowering late spring-early summer. Chaparral or along forest edges, often along ridge crests; 400-1800 m; Calif.

Subspecies mewukka is found on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada from Butte to Tulare counties.