Arctostaphylos crustacea subsp. insulicola

Twigs short-hairy (without longer hairs). Leaf blade surfaces tomentose abaxially. Immature inflorescence axes glabrous or hairy, sometimes glandular (not densely glandular-hairy). Ovaries densely hairy.

Flowering winter-early spring. Maritime chaparral on volcanic soils; of conservation concern; 100-500 m; Calif.

Subspecies insulicola is found only on Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa islands.