Arctostaphylos auriculata |
Arctostaphylos glauca |
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Mount Diablo manzanita, Mt. Diablo manzanita |
big berry manzanita |
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Habit | Shrubs, erect, 1–4.5 m; burl absent; twigs densely white-hairy with long, white hairs. | Shrubs or trees, erect, mound-forming, 1–8 m; burl absent; twigs usually glabrous, sometimes short-hairy or glandular-hairy. |
Leaves | petiole to 2 mm; blade whitish gray, dull, oblong-ovate to orbiculate-ovate, 1.5–4.5 × 1.5–3 cm, base distinctly lobed, auriculate-clasping, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, gray-canescent, glabrescent. |
petiole 7–15 mm; blade white-glaucous, dull, oblong-ovate to ± orbiculate, 2.5–5 × 2–4 cm, base rounded, truncate, or slightly lobed, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, glabrous. |
Inflorescences | panicles, 3–5-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, (branches crowded, ± obscured by bracts), axis 1–1.5 cm, 1+ mm diam., densely white-hairy with long, white hairs; bracts somewhat appressed, leaflike, ovate to lanceolate-ovate, 5–15 mm, apex acute, surfaces canescent. |
panicles, 4–8-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, branches spreading, axis 2–3 cm, 1+ mm diam., usually glabrous, sometimes short-hairy or glandular-hairy; bracts not appressed, (spreading), scalelike, deltate, 3–6 mm, (fleshy), apex mucronate, surfaces glabrous; (buds exposed). |
Pedicels | 4–10 mm, tomentose. |
8–10 mm, finely glandular-hairy. |
Flowers | corolla white to pink, conic; ovary densely white-hairy. |
corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary densely glandular-viscid. |
Fruits | depressed-globose, 5–10 mm diam., short white-hairy, glabrescent. |
globose, 12–15 mm diam., glabrous, (viscid). |
Stones | distinct. |
connate into single sphere. |
2n | = 26. |
= 26. |
Arctostaphylos auriculata |
Arctostaphylos glauca |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–early spring. | Flowering winter–early spring. |
Habitat | Chaparral, open, closed-cone conifer forests | Rocky slopes, chaparral, woodlands |
Elevation | 300-500 m (1000-1600 ft) | 300-2200 m (1000-7200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Arctostaphylos auriculata is found on the western slopes of Mount Diablo in Contra Costa County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Arctostaphylos glauca is widespread, occurring from Mount Diablo in central California through the southern Coast Ranges, east through the Transverse Ranges into the desert, and south in the Peninsular Ranges into northern Baja California, usually in drier interior ranges. It is distinctive throughout its range; however, some populations have nonglandular twig puberulence and others are stipitate-glandular, often mixed in with individuals that are typically glabrous. Arctostaphylos glauca can be a component of chaparral and can also be found in woodlands and at the edges of grasslands. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 430. | FNA vol. 8, p. 422. |
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos |
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Synonyms | A. glauca var. puberula | |
Name authority | Eastwood: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 202. 1905 , | Lindley: Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 21: sub plate 1791. 1835 , |
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