Arctostaphylos auriculata |
Arctostaphylos pungens |
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Mount Diablo manzanita, Mt. Diablo manzanita |
Mexican manzanita, pointleaf manzanita |
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Habit | Shrubs, erect, 1–4.5 m; burl absent; twigs densely white-hairy with long, white hairs. | Shrubs, erect, 1–3 m; burl absent; bark on older stems persistent, reddish, smooth; 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. |
erect; petiole 4–8 mm; blade bright or dark green, shiny, elliptic to lanceolate-elliptic, 1.5–4 × 1–1.8 cm, base obtuse to cuneate, sometimes rounded, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, finely tomentose, glabrescent. |
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, axis 0.5–1.5 cm, 1+ mm diam., sparsely short-hairy; bracts recurved and crowded at tip, (light green), scalelike, ovate-deltate, (clublike), 2–4 mm, apex acuminate, surfaces glabrous. |
Pedicels | 4–10 mm, tomentose. |
5–10 mm, glabrous. |
Flowers | corolla white to pink, conic; ovary densely white-hairy. |
corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary glabrous. |
Fruits | depressed-globose, 5–10 mm diam., short white-hairy, glabrescent. |
depressed-globose, 5–8 mm diam., glabrous. |
Stones | distinct. |
distinct. |
2n | = 26. |
= 26. |
Arctostaphylos auriculata |
Arctostaphylos pungens |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–early spring. | Flowering winter–early summer. |
Habitat | Chaparral, open, closed-cone conifer forests | Open pine forests, pinyon-juniper woodlands, chaparral |
Elevation | 300-500 m (1000-1600 ft) | 300-2600 m (1000-8500 ft) |
Distribution |
CA |
AZ; CA; NM; NV; TX; UT; Mexico
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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 pungens is one of the most widespread species in western North America, and extends south to Oaxaca, Mexico. In most western states, it is found in open pine forests and pinyon-juniper woodlands, generally at higher elevations. In California, it is a chaparral species that occurs in desert and peninsular ranges of southern California mountains and has three disjunct populations in central California in San Benito and Monterey counties. These disjunct populations have been given other names, A. benitoensis and A. pseudopungens, but overall populations are A. pungens. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 430. | FNA vol. 8, p. 416. |
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | A. benitoensis, A. pseudopungens | |
Name authority | Eastwood: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 202. 1905 , | Kunth: in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 3(fol.): 218: plate 259. 1819 , |
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