Arctostaphylos hooveri |
Arctostaphylos pallida |
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Hoover's manzanita |
Alameda manzanita, pallid 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. | Shrubs, erect, 2–4 m; burl absent; twigs hairy. |
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. |
petiole to 2 mm, (hairy); blade glaucous-green, dull, ovate or oblong-ovate, 2.5–4.5 × 2–3 cm, base auriculate-clasping, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, glabrous. |
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. |
panicles, 3–5-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, (branches compact, framed by bracts), axis 0.5–1 cm, 1+ mm diam., short-hairy to hispid-hairy, usually eglandular; bracts not appressed, leaflike, widely lanceolate, 5–9 mm, apex acute, surfaces finely glandular-hairy. |
Pedicels | 8–15 mm, finely glandular-hairy. |
8–12 mm, finely glandular-hairy. |
Flowers | corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary finely glandular-hairy. |
corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary finely glandular-hairy. |
Fruits | depressed-globose, 6–10 mm diam., glandular-hairy, (viscid). |
depressed-globose, 8–10 mm diam., glandular-hairy, (viscid). |
Stones | distinct. |
distinct. |
2n | = 26. |
= 26. |
Arctostaphylos hooveri |
Arctostaphylos pallida |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–early spring. | Flowering winter–early spring. |
Habitat | Chaparral, open conifer forests | Maritime chaparral, gaps in open forests |
Elevation | 900-1200 m (3000-3900 ft) | 200-400 m (700-1300 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA |
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.) |
Of conservation concern. Arctostaphylos pallida is found on shale barrens in the East Bay Hills, western Contra Costa County, overlooking San Francisco Bay. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 433. | FNA vol. 8, p. 433. |
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos |
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Synonyms | A. andersonii var. pallida | |
Name authority | P. V. Wells: Leafl. W. Bot. 9: 152. 1961 , | Eastwood: Leafl. W. Bot. 1: 76. 1933 , |
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