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island manzanita

Photo is of parent taxon

crinite manzanita

Twigs

short-hairy (without longer hairs).

densely short-hairy and with longer, white hairs.

Leaf

blade surfaces tomentose abaxially.

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

Ovaries

densely hairy.

densely hairy.

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. insulicola

Arctostaphylos crustacea subsp. crinita

Phenology Flowering winter–early spring. Flowering winter–early spring.
Habitat Maritime chaparral on volcanic soils Maritime chaparral and open conifer forests
Elevation 100-500 m (300-1600 ft) 300-500 m (1000-1600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
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.)

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