Plants, erect or mound-forming, 1-3 m; twigs short glandular-hairy. Petioles 4-8 mm, ± rough, papillate, short-glandular-hairy. Inflorescences: axis short glandular-hairy; bracts short glandular-hairy. Flowering winter-early spring. Chaparral, on or near serpentine; of conservation concern; 400-600 m; Calif. Subspecies raichei occurs in the interior Coast Range near the border of Mendocino and Lake counties.