NATIVEHabit: Shrub, small tree, 1.5--6 m, generally +- glabrous, generally forming clonal thickets.
Stem: slender, brown- to red-purple.
Leaf: blade generally 2--5 cm, lanceolate to elliptic, gray-green or abaxially paler, veins 3--4 pairs; petiole 3--8 mm.
Inflorescence: cyme, 2.5--4.5 cm wide; pedicels 2--3 mm; bracts 0.
Flower: sepals generally < 1 mm; petals 4.5--5 mm, dull white; styles 3.5 mm, +- hairy.
Fruit: 8--9 mm, white to +- blue; stone 5--6 mm wide, +- smooth.
Ecology: Generally moist places;
Elevation: < 1550 m.
Bioregional Distribution: CA-FP (uncommon s CA);
Distribution Outside California: Oregon.
Flowering Time: May--Jun
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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