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I believe this is the same manzanita in this observation from 2017: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8516939 (I was with @ventanaphile when he made the observation). While the auriculate, clasping leaves are the same as the leaves of the surrounding A. cruzensis, this plant differs from the others in some significant ways. It is upright, while they are prostrate. It has dense short hairs, as well as abundant long hairs (like A. purissima), while the others have the sparse hairs more typical of A. cruzensis. And the nascent inflorescences are somewhat different. While it shares the long, leaflike bracts of the surrounding plants, they have multi-branched panicles (See https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137235679), while this plant has raceme-like to one branched inflorescences. The nascent inflorescences on the surrounding plants are still pointing upwards, while those on this plant are truly pendant. There was no fruit to be found, on any of the plants in the area, so I couldn't compare that. Don't think there's anything in the area it could hybridize with to create these variations, so I guess it's just an oddball.

These small orange colored moths are common along the trails at the foothills of Pinnacles high peaks. Two, or three would suddenly fly up from under foot, and fly around above and near the foliage and sticks, reluctant to land.

iNat taxonomy has H. allyniana, Sierra shoulderband, in addition to H. cypreophila, foothill shoulderband. According to Roth et al 2003 & 2006 these were synonymized as H. c.

Edit (2023): This was an incorrect interpretation of Endnote 27 in Roth 2003 and Roth 2006. H. allyniana is a more restricted species whereas H. cypreophila is more cosmopolitan.