Ceanothus oliganthus var. sorediatus (Hook. & Arn.) Hoover

Stems: branchlets sometimes rigid and becoming weakly thorn-tipped, glabrous to sparsely puberulent. Leaf blades elliptic or ovate, adaxial surface sparsely villosulous to glabrate. Flowers: sepals, petals, and nectary usually pale to deep blue, rarely white; nectary and ovary glabrous. Capsules glabrous, valves usually smooth, usually not crested, sometimes weakly crested. 2n = 24.