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crinite manzanita

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Eastwood's brittle-leaf manzanita

Twigs

densely short-hairy and with longer, white hairs.

short-hairy (without longer hairs).

Leaf

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

blade surfaces glabrous abaxially.

Ovaries

densely hairy.

glabrous.

Immature

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

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

Arctostaphylos crustacea subsp. crinita

Arctostaphylos crustacea subsp. eastwoodiana

Phenology Flowering winter–early spring. Flowering winter–early spring.
Habitat Maritime chaparral and open conifer forests Maritime chaparral and closed-cone conifer forests on siliceous shales
Elevation 300-500 m (1000-1600 ft) 100-200 m (300-700 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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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.)

Of conservation concern.

Subspecies eastwoodiana is found in the La Purisima Hills, Santa Barbara County.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 8, p. 441. FNA vol. 8, p. 441.
Parent taxa Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos > Arctostaphylos crustacea 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
A. crustacea subsp. crinita, A. crustacea subsp. crustacea, 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 A. tomentosa subsp. eastwoodiana
Name authority (J. E. Adams) V. T. Parker: Madroño 54: 152. (2007) (P. V. Wells) V. T. Parker: Madroño 54: 152. (2007)
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