Arctostaphylos hispidula |
Arctostaphylos mewukka |
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Gasquet manzanita, Howell's manzanita |
Indian manzanita |
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Habit | Shrubs, erect or mound-forming, 1–3 m; burl absent; twigs finely glandular-hairy. | Shrubs, erect, 1–3 m; burl present or absent; twigs glabrous or slightly hairy and sparsely glandular. | ||||
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 6–15 mm; blade intensely gray- or white-glaucous, dull, orbiculate, orbiculate-ovate, oblong-ovate, or lanceolate-ovate, 3–7 × 2–7 cm, base rounded, margins entire, plane, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces smooth, glabrous. |
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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, 2–7-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, axis 2–3 cm, 1+ mm diam., glabrous or slightly hairy, sometimes glandular; bracts tightly appressed, scalelike, deltate to linear-lanceolate, 3–6 mm, apex acute or acuminate, surfaces glabrous. |
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Pedicels | 3–5 mm, glabrous. |
4–8 mm, glabrous. |
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Flowers | corolla white, urceolate; ovary glabrous. |
corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary glabrous. |
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Fruits | subglobose, 5–7 mm diam., glabrous. |
(dark mahogany-brown), globose, 12–16 mm diam., glabrous. |
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Stones | distinct. |
distinct, sometimes connate. |
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2n | = 26. |
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Arctostaphylos hispidula |
Arctostaphylos mewukka |
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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 2 (2 in the flora). Arctostaphylos mewukka is found on the western slopes of the central and northern Sierra Nevada. (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. 421. | ||||
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 , | Merriam: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 31: 101, plates 2, 3. 1918 , | ||||
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