Arctostaphylos auriculata |
Arctostaphylos klamathensis |
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Mount Diablo manzanita, Mt. Diablo manzanita |
Klamath manzanita |
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Habit | Shrubs, erect, 1–4.5 m; burl absent; twigs densely white-hairy with long, white hairs. | Shrubs, prostrate or mat-forming, 0.1–0.5 m; burl absent; twigs sparsely 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 4–7 mm, (glandular-hairy); blade glaucous, dull, obovate to oblanceolate or widely elliptic, 1–3.5 × 0.5–2.5 cm, base cuneate or obtuse, margins entire, plane, surfaces papillate, ± scabrous, midvein sparsely, finely glandular-hairy. |
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. |
racemes, simple or 1-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, (globose), axis 0.5–1 cm, 1+ mm diam., sparsely glandular-hairy; bracts not appressed, scalelike, awl-like, 2–5 mm, apex acute, surfaces glandular-hairy. |
Pedicels | 4–10 mm, tomentose. |
3–6 mm, finely glandular-hairy. |
Flowers | corolla white to pink, conic; ovary densely white-hairy. |
corolla white, urceolate; ovary glandular-hairy. |
Fruits | depressed-globose, 5–10 mm diam., short white-hairy, glabrescent. |
globose, 6–7 mm diam., glabrous. |
Stones | distinct. |
connate into single sphere. |
2n | = 26. |
= 26. |
Arctostaphylos auriculata |
Arctostaphylos klamathensis |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–early spring. | Flowering late spring. |
Habitat | Chaparral, open, closed-cone conifer forests | Open, subalpine forests on soils derived from gabbro |
Elevation | 300-500 m (1000-1600 ft) | 1600-2000 m (5200-6600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA |
CA |
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.) |
Of conservation concern. Arctostaphylos klamathensis is known from the eastern Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou and Trinity counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 430. | FNA vol. 8, p. 436. |
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Eastwood: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 202. 1905 , | S. W. Edwards: Four Seasons 6(4): 20, figs. 1, 2. (1983) |
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