Arctostaphylos auriculata |
Arctostaphylos nevadensis |
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Mount Diablo manzanita, Mt. Diablo manzanita |
pine mat 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 mound-forming, 0.1–0.5 m; burl absent or basal, sometimes epicormic; twigs sparsely short-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 3–7 mm; blade bright green, shiny, obovate or oblanceolate, 1–3 × 1–1.5 cm, base cuneate, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, puberulent, glabrescent. |
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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, (branches congested, globose), axis 0.5–1 cm, 1+ mm diam., sparsely short-hairy; bracts not appressed, (green), scalelike, linear or linear-lanceolate, mostly 2–3 mm (some near base leaflike, 5–10 mm), apex acuminate, mucronate, surfaces glabrous or sparsely hairy, rarely finely glandular-hairy. |
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Pedicels | 4–10 mm, tomentose. |
3–5 mm, glabrous. |
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Flowers | corolla white to pink, conic; ovary densely white-hairy. |
corolla white, urceolate; ovary glabrous. |
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Fruits | depressed-globose, 5–10 mm diam., short white-hairy, glabrescent. |
(dark brown), globose, 6–8 mm diam., glabrous. |
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Stones | distinct. |
distinct. |
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2n | = 26. |
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Arctostaphylos auriculata |
Arctostaphylos nevadensis |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–early spring. | |||||
Habitat | Chaparral, open, closed-cone conifer forests | |||||
Elevation | 300-500 m (1000-1600 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA |
CA; NV; OR; WA
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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.) |
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 430. | FNA vol. 8, p. 435. | ||||
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | ||||
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Name authority | Eastwood: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 202. 1905 , | A. Gray: in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2: 27. 1878 , | ||||
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