Arctostaphylos hispidula |
Arctostaphylos pungens |
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Gasquet manzanita, Howell's manzanita |
Mexican manzanita, pointleaf 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 absent; bark on older stems persistent, reddish, smooth; 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. |
erect; petiole 4–8 mm; blade bright or dark green, shiny, elliptic to lanceolate-elliptic, 1.5–4 × 1–1.8 cm, base obtuse to cuneate, sometimes rounded, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, finely tomentose, 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, axis 0.5–1.5 cm, 1+ mm diam., sparsely short-hairy; bracts recurved and crowded at tip, (light green), scalelike, ovate-deltate, (clublike), 2–4 mm, apex acuminate, surfaces glabrous. |
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, 5–8 mm diam., glabrous. |
Stones | distinct. |
distinct. |
2n | = 26. |
= 26. |
Arctostaphylos hispidula |
Arctostaphylos pungens |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–early spring. | Flowering winter–early summer. |
Habitat | Serpentine chaparral and open forests on sandstone | Open pine forests, pinyon-juniper woodlands, chaparral |
Elevation | 100-1100 m (300-3600 ft) | 300-2600 m (1000-8500 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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AZ; CA; NM; NV; TX; UT; Mexico
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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.) |
Arctostaphylos pungens is one of the most widespread species in western North America, and extends south to Oaxaca, Mexico. In most western states, it is found in open pine forests and pinyon-juniper woodlands, generally at higher elevations. In California, it is a chaparral species that occurs in desert and peninsular ranges of southern California mountains and has three disjunct populations in central California in San Benito and Monterey counties. These disjunct populations have been given other names, A. benitoensis and A. pseudopungens, but overall populations are A. pungens. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 420. | FNA vol. 8, p. 416. |
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos |
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Synonyms | A. stanfordiana subsp. hispidula | A. benitoensis, A. pseudopungens |
Name authority | Howell: Fl. N.W. Amer., 415. 1901 , | Kunth: in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 3(fol.): 218: plate 259. 1819 , |
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