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Arctostaphylos crustacea subsp. crinita

Arctostaphylos crustacea subsp. subcordata
Photo is of parent taxon

crinite manzanita
Photo is of parent taxon

Santa Cruz Island manzanita
Twigs

densely short-hairy and with longer, white hairs.

sparsely short-hairy and densely glandular-hairy.
Leaf

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

blade surfaces ± finely tomentose, densely glandular-hairy, ± papillate abaxially.
Ovaries

densely hairy.

white-hairy, sparsely glandular.
Immature

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

inflorescence axes densely glandular-hairy.

Arctostaphylos crustacea subsp. crinita

Arctostaphylos crustacea subsp. subcordata
Phenology Flowering winter–early spring. Flowering winter–early spring.
Habitat Maritime chaparral and open conifer forests Island chaparral
Elevation 300-500 m (1000-1600 ft) 100-600 m (300-2000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
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 subcordata is known from Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa islands. Occasional mainland glandular-hairy individuals occur in mixed populations with subsp. crustacea and may key to subsp. subcordata.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 441. FNA vol. 8, p. 442.
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. eastwoodiana, A. crustacea subsp. insulicola, A. crustacea subsp. rosei
Synonyms A. tomentosa var. crinita, A. crustacea var. tomentosiformis, A. crustacea var. trichoclada, A. tomentosa subsp. crinita, A. tomentosa var. tomentosiformis A. subcordata, A. tomentosa subsp. subcordata
Name authority (J. E. Adams) V. T. Parker: Madroño 54: 152. (2007) (Eastwood) V. T. Parker: Madroño 54: 152. (2007)
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