Arctostaphylos hooveri |
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Hoover's manzanita |
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Habit | Shrubs or trees, erect, 2–8 m; burl absent; twigs densely fine-hairy, with long, white, gland-tipped hairs. |
Leaves | petiole 3–6 mm; blade glaucous, dull, oblong to ovate, 4–6 × 2–3 cm, base lobed, auriculate, (not clasping), margins entire, plane, surfaces papillate, scabrous, glandular-hairy, ± glabrescent. |
Inflorescences | panicles, 4–6-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, (concealed by bracts), axis 1.5–2.5 cm, 1+ mm diam., densely fine-hairy with long, white, gland-tipped hairs; bracts not appressed, leaflike, lanceolate, 8–20 mm, apex acuminate, surfaces glandular-hairy. |
Pedicels | 8–15 mm, finely glandular-hairy. |
Flowers | corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary finely glandular-hairy. |
Fruits | depressed-globose, 6–10 mm diam., glandular-hairy, (viscid). |
Stones | distinct. |
2n | = 26. |
Arctostaphylos hooveri |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–early spring. |
Habitat | Chaparral, open conifer forests |
Elevation | 900-1200 m (3000-3900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Arctostaphylos hooveri is known from the northern Santa Lucia Mountains in Monterey County. Populations are associated with openings in yellow pine forests and patches of chaparral. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 433. |
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos |
Sibling taxa | |
Name authority | P. V. Wells: Leafl. W. Bot. 9: 152. 1961 , |
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