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Arctostaphylos crustacea subsp. crinita
Photo is of parent taxon

crinite manzanita
Twigs

densely short-hairy and with longer, white hairs.
Leaf

blade surfaces densely short-hairy abaxially (and sometimes adaxially).
Ovaries

densely hairy.
Immature

inflorescence axes glabrous or hairy, sometimes glandular (not densely glandular-hairy).

Arctostaphylos crustacea subsp. crinita
Phenology Flowering winter–early spring.
Habitat Maritime chaparral and open conifer forests
Elevation 300-500 m (1000-1600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Subspecies crinita occurs in the central and southern Santa Cruz Mountains, and also the interior uplands of Monterey Bay, outer Central Coast Range.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 441.
Parent taxa Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos > Arctostaphylos crustacea
Sibling taxa
A. crustacea subsp. crustacea, A. crustacea subsp. eastwoodiana, A. crustacea subsp. insulicola, A. crustacea subsp. rosei, A. crustacea subsp. subcordata
Synonyms A. tomentosa var. crinita, A. crustacea var. tomentosiformis, A. crustacea var. trichoclada, A. tomentosa subsp. crinita, A. tomentosa var. tomentosiformis
Name authority (J. E. Adams) V. T. Parker: Madroño 54: 152. (2007)
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