NATIVEHabit: Shrub, tree, < 25 m.
Stem: twigs green, hairy; bark in age dark red to +- black.
Leaf: blade 6--12 cm, narrow-elliptic to obovate, adaxially appressed-puberulent, abaxially paler, hairier; petiole 5--10 mm.
Inflorescence: head-like; bracts 4--7, 4--6 cm, 3--6 cm wide, showy, +- white, persistent; receptacle convex.
Flower: sepals 2.5 mm; petals 4 mm, +- green to white; style 2 mm.
Fruit: 1--1.5 cm, elliptic, generally angled from crowding, red; stone smooth.
Ecology: Forest;
Elevation: < 2000 m.
Bioregional Distribution: CA-FP (less common s CA);
Distribution Outside California: to British Columbia, Idaho.
Flowering Time: Apr--Jul
Jepson eFlora Author: James R. Shevock
Reference: Murrell 1993 Syst Bot 18:469--495; Wahlsteen et al. 2021 J Syst Evol 59: 405--416
Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange)
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