Burke: Arctostaphylos patula

	Arctostaphylos patula
	green-leaf manzanita
Habit	Erect or mound forming evergreen shrubs, 1-3 m tall; simple at base throughout most of range; reddish exfoliating bark on older branches; twigs usually densely golden-glandular, rarely white-hairy.
Leaves	Leaves alternate, bright green and shiny, ovate to orbiculate, 2-6 cm long and 1-4 cm broad, glabrous or rarely pubescent, petioles 7-15 mm.
Fruits	Berries reddish, glabrous, depressed globose or subglobose, 7-10 mm.
Flowers	Inflorescence paniculate, golden glandular, each flower subtended by a bract nearly equal to pedicel; flowers light pink to pinkish-white, corolla conic to urn-shaped, with 5 short lobes; stamens 10, the anthers opening by false terminal pores, each with 2 curved, reflexed, horn-like appendages; ovary superior, glabrous or pubescent.

	Arctostaphylos patula
Flowering time	May-June
Habitat	Chaparral and dry, open forests.
Distribution	Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington, where disjunct in Chelan County, otherwise in Klickitat County only; Washington to California, east to Montana and Colorado. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	A. columbiana, A. ×media, A. nevadensis, A. nevadensis × A. patula, A. uva-ursi
Web links	Local floras: CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Arctostaphylos patula

green-leaf manzanita

Habit

Erect or mound forming evergreen shrubs, 1-3 m tall; simple at base throughout most of range; reddish exfoliating bark on older branches; twigs usually densely golden-glandular, rarely white-hairy.

Leaves

Leaves alternate, bright green and shiny, ovate to orbiculate, 2-6 cm long and 1-4 cm broad, glabrous or rarely pubescent, petioles 7-15 mm.

Fruits

Berries reddish, glabrous, depressed globose or subglobose, 7-10 mm.

Flowers

Inflorescence paniculate, golden glandular, each flower subtended by a bract nearly equal to pedicel;

flowers light pink to pinkish-white, corolla conic to urn-shaped, with 5 short lobes;

stamens 10, the anthers opening by false terminal pores, each with 2 curved, reflexed, horn-like appendages;

ovary superior, glabrous or pubescent.

Arctostaphylos patula

Flowering time

May-June

Habitat

Chaparral and dry, open forests.

Distribution

Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington, where disjunct in Chelan County, otherwise in Klickitat County only; Washington to California, east to Montana and Colorado.

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Origin

Native

Conservation status

Not of concern

Sibling taxa

A. columbiana, A. ×media, A. nevadensis, A. nevadensis × A. patula, A. uva-ursi

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