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Shrub, small tree; dioecious.
Leaf: simple, opposite, evergreen, petioled; blade ± leathery, flat to concave-convex, margin entire, flat, rolled under, or strongly wavy.
Inflorescence: catkin-like, pendent; flowers small, in axils of opposite, 4-ranked, basally fused bracts.
Staminate flower: (1)3(4) per bract, pedicelled; perianth parts 4, generally fused at tips; stamens 4, alternate perianth parts, filaments free, anthers 2-chambered.
Pistillate flower: (1)3 per bract; pedicel ± 0 or short; perianth 0 or vestigial with 2 small appendages; ovary inferior, chamber 1, styles 2(3).
Fruit: berry, spheric to ovoid, green, fleshy, turning dark blue, black, or white-gray, dry, brittle, not or irregularly dehiscent.
Seed: generally 2.
1 genus, 14 species: w US, C.Am, Caribbean; some cultivated. —Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Unabridged references: [Dahling 1978 Contr Gray Herb 209:1–104]

(N. Garry, 1st secretary of Hudson's Bay Co., explorer of Pacific Northwest with David Douglas, 1782–1856) Intergradation among CA species raises doubt about taxonomic status.

Shrub < 2 m.
Leaf: 24–90 mm, 8–50 mm wide, 1.3–3.9 × longer than wide, flat to ± concave-convex, lance- ovate to obovate- elliptic; margin flat to ± rolled under or ± wavy; abaxial hairs dense, curly-wavy, interwoven.
Inflorescence: in fruit 13–18 mm wide.
Pistillate flower: 1(3) per bract.
Fruit: hairs dense.
Chaparral; 250–1750 m. Outer South Coast Ranges, Southwestern California;

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Chart based on elevation range in Manual and elevations and coordinates of CCH records. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. Note: About half of the CCH records include both elevation and coordinates.	Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. View all CCH records   CCH collections by month Duplicates counted once; synonyms included. Species do not include records of infraspecific taxa. Blue line denotes Manual flowering time.