Burl present. Glabrous (not sticky) fruit with stones fused. Glaucous leaves. Twig and inflorescence with short, non-glandular hairs.

A. glandulosa ssp. gabrielensis with some degree of introgression with A. glauca (to note: only other taxon observed in the vicinity.

Mystery Arctostaphylos. Superficially, most closely resembles A. pungens (leaf morphology, slightly recurved bracts)— but also intermediate characters akin to A. patula and A. parryana ssp. parryana. Best guess is hybridization?