Arctostaphylos auriculata |
Arctostaphylos viscida |
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Mount Diablo manzanita, Mt. Diablo manzanita |
sticky manzanita, sticky whiteleaf manzanita, white-leaf 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; twigs glabrous, sparsely short-hairy, or densely 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 5–12 mm; blade white-glaucous, dull, ovate to ± orbiculate, 2–5 × 2–4 cm, base rounded, truncate, or ± lobed, margins entire or ciliate, plane, surfaces smooth-papillate, rough, scabrous, glabrous or sparsely puberulent. |
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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. |
panicles, 4–7-branched; immature inflorescence pendent or ascending, branches spreading, axis 1–3 cm, 1+ mm diam., densely glandular, (sticky); bracts appressed, (glaucous), scalelike, deltate, 3–4 mm, apex acute to acuminate, surfaces viscid-glandular (rarely minutely stipitate-glandular) or glandular-hairy, especially along margins. |
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Pedicels | 4–10 mm, tomentose. |
6–10 mm, finely to densely glandular-hairy. |
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Flowers | corolla white to pink, conic; ovary densely white-hairy. |
corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary glabrous or glandular-hairy. |
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Fruits | depressed-globose, 5–10 mm diam., short white-hairy, glabrescent. |
depressed-globose, 6–8 mm diam., glabrous or sparsely to densely glandular-hairy, (sometimes viscid). |
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Stones | distinct. |
distinct. |
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2n | = 26. |
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Arctostaphylos auriculata |
Arctostaphylos viscida |
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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; OR
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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 3 (3 in the flora). Arctostaphylos viscida is distributed widely in the Sierra Nevada and northern Coast Ranges of California and the Cascade Mountains in southern Oregon. The subspecies occasionally occur in mixed populations, especially subspp. viscida and mariposa. (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. 423. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | ||||||||
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Name authority | Eastwood: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 202. 1905 , | Parry: Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 492. 1887 , | ||||||||
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