Arctostaphylos hispidula |
Arctostaphylos luciana |
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Gasquet manzanita, Howell's manzanita |
Santa Lucia manzanita |
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Habit | Shrubs, erect or mound-forming, 1–3 m; burl absent; twigs finely glandular-hairy. | Shrubs or trees, erect, 2–3 m; burl absent; twigs sparsely short-hairy. |
Leaves | petiole 3–6 mm; blade dark green, dull, elliptic to oblanceolate, 1–3 × 0.5–1.5 cm, base cuneate, margins entire, plane, surfaces scabrous, papillate, finely glandular-hairy. |
petiole to 2 mm; blade glaucous, dull, ovate to ± orbiculate, 2–4 × 1.5–2.5 cm, base distinctly lobed, auriculate-clasping, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, appressed gray-canescent to finely tomen-tose, glabrescent. |
Inflorescences | panicles, 3–6-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, branches spreading or ascending to erect, axis 1–2 cm, to 1 mm diam., finely glandular-hairy; bracts tightly appressed, scalelike, awl-like, 2–4 mm (equaling buds), apex acuminate, surfaces finely glandular-hairy; (buds scattered along inflorescence axis, round, appearing as “beads”). |
racemes, simple or 1-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, (branches crowded, concealed by bracts), axis 0.5–1 cm, 1+ mm diam., sparsely short-hairy; bracts not appressed, leaflike, linear-lanceolate, 5–10 mm, apex acuminate, surfaces canescent. |
Pedicels | 3–5 mm, glabrous. |
5–10 mm, glabrous. |
Flowers | corolla white, urceolate; ovary glabrous. |
corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary glabrous. |
Fruits | subglobose, 5–7 mm diam., glabrous. |
depressed-globose, 6–12 mm diam., glabrous. |
Stones | distinct. |
distinct. |
2n | = 26. |
= 26. |
Arctostaphylos hispidula |
Arctostaphylos luciana |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–early spring. | Flowering winter–early spring. |
Habitat | Serpentine chaparral and open forests on sandstone | Chaparral |
Elevation | 100-1100 m (300-3600 ft) | 300-500 m (1000-1600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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CA |
Discussion | Arctostaphylos hispidula is known from Josephine County, Oregon, and adjacent California in Del Norte and Humboldt counties; there is an isolated population in northern Sonoma County, California. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Arctostaphylos luciana is found on siliceous shale east of Cuesta Pass in the southern Santa Lucia Mountains of San Luis Obispo County. of conservation concern (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 420. | FNA vol. 8, p. 431. |
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos |
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Synonyms | A. stanfordiana subsp. hispidula | |
Name authority | Howell: Fl. N.W. Amer., 415. 1901 , | P. V. Wells: Leafl. W. Bot. 10: 177. 1965 , |
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