Arctostaphylos hispidula |
Arctostaphylos manzanita |
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Gasquet manzanita, Howell's manzanita |
common manzanita, whiteleaf manzanita |
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Habit | Shrubs, erect or mound-forming, 1–3 m; burl absent; twigs finely glandular-hairy. | Shrubs or trees, erect, 2–8 m; burl absent or prominent, globose; twigs glabrous, sparsely short-hairy, or glandular-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 6–12 mm; blade bright green or glaucous, shiny or dull, widely ovate or oblong-ovate to obovate, 2–5 × 1–3.5 cm, base rounded to ± cuneate, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth or scabrous, puberulent or veins finely hairy. |
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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”). |
panicles, 3–7-branched; immature inflorescence ± abruptly deflexed, branches spreading, axis 1.5–4.5 cm, 1+ mm diam., glabrous, sparsely short-hairy, or sparsely glandular-hairy, not viscid; bracts not fully appressed, scalelike, deltate, 2–4 mm, apex mucronate or acuminate, surfaces glabrous or sparsely hairy to finely glandular-hairy. |
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Pedicels | 3–5 mm, glabrous. |
3–8 mm, glabrous. |
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Flowers | corolla white, urceolate; ovary glabrous. |
corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary glabrous or minutely stipitate glandular-hairy. |
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Fruits | subglobose, 5–7 mm diam., glabrous. |
depressed-globose, 8–12 mm diam., hairy or glabrous, stipitate-glandular or smooth. |
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Stones | distinct. |
distinct, sometimes connate. |
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2n | = 26. |
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Arctostaphylos hispidula |
Arctostaphylos manzanita |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–early spring. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Serpentine chaparral and open forests on sandstone | |||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 100-1100 m (300-3600 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
CA; OR
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CA
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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.) |
Subspecies 6 (6 in the flora). Arctostaphylos manzanita is usually found in northern California in oak woodlands, chaparral, and open conifer forests. Subspecies manzanita is widespread throughout the Sierra Nevada foothills, north through the Cascades, and at lower elevations in the North Coast Ranges. The other subspecies are generally narrowly distributed. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 420. | FNA vol. 8, p. 437. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 , | Parry: Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 491. 1887 , | ||||||||||||||||||||
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