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island manzanita

Twigs

short-hairy (without longer hairs).

Leaf

blade surfaces tomentose abaxially.

Ovaries

densely hairy.

Immature

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

Arctostaphylos crustacea subsp. insulicola

Phenology Flowering winter–early spring.
Habitat Maritime chaparral on volcanic soils
Elevation 100-500 m (300-1600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Subspecies insulicola is found only on Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa islands.

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

Source FNA vol. 8, p. 442.
Parent taxa Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos > Arctostaphylos crustacea
Sibling taxa
A. crustacea subsp. crinita, A. crustacea subsp. crustacea, A. crustacea subsp. eastwoodiana, A. crustacea subsp. rosei, A. crustacea subsp. subcordata
Synonyms A. tomentosa subsp. insulicola
Name authority (P. V. Wells) V. T. Parker: Madroño 54: 152. (2007)
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