Shrubs, erect, 1-3 m; burl absent; bark on older stems persistent, reddish, smooth; twigs sparsely short-hairy. Leaves erect; petiole 4-8 mm; blade bright or dark green, shiny, elliptic to lanceolate-elliptic, 1.5-4 × 1-1.8 cm, base obtuse to cuneate, sometimes rounded, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, finely tomentose, glabrescent . Inflorescences racemes, simple or 1-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, axis 0.5-1.5 cm, 1+ mm diam., sparsely short-hairy; bracts recurved and crowded at tip, (light green), scalelike, ovate-deltate, (clublike), 2-4 mm, apex acuminate, surfaces glabrous. Pedicels 5-10 mm, glabrous. Flowers: corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary glabrous. Fruits depressed-globose, 5-8 mm diam., glabrous. Stones distinct. 2n = 26.
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A shrub. It grows 3 m high and spreads 1.8 m wide. It has deep red-brown peeling bark. The leaves are oval and grey-green. They mostly have a sharp point. The flowers are white to pink. The fruit is glossy and brown. They are 5-8 mm across.
Gravelly soils in sunny places in the Chaparral. Open pine forests, pinyon-juniper woodlands, chaparral; at elevations from 300-2,600 metres. Often found in dense stands that suppress the growth of other plants.
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It is a temperate plant. It grows up to 2,700 m altitude in Mexico. It occurs in Durango. It suits hardiness zones 6-10. Melbourne Botanical gardens.
Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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