Arctostaphylos imbricata |
Arctostaphylos hispidula |
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San Bruno Mountain manzanita |
Gasquet manzanita, Howell's manzanita |
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Habit | Shrubs, prostrate or mat- or mound-forming, 0.1–1 m; burl absent; twigs densely fine-hairy with long, gland-tipped hairs. | Shrubs, erect or mound-forming, 1–3 m; burl absent; twigs finely glandular-hairy. |
Leaves | petiole to 2 mm; blade light green, dull, orbiculate to orbiculate-ovate, 2.5–4 × 2–3 cm, base auriculate-clasping, margins entire, plane, surfaces papillate, ± scabrous, sparsely glandular-hairy. |
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. |
Inflorescences | panicles, 3–5-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, (branches densely clustered, ± sessile), axis 0.5–1 cm, 1+ mm diam., densely fine-hairy with long, gland-tipped hairs; bracts appressed, leaflike, ovate, 5–10 mm, apex acute, surfaces glandular-hairy. |
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”). |
Pedicels | 3–5 mm, densely glandular-hairy. |
3–5 mm, glabrous. |
Flowers | corolla white, urceolate; ovary densely glandular-hairy. |
corolla white, urceolate; ovary glabrous. |
Fruits | depressed-globose, 6–7 mm diam., glandular-hairy, (± viscid). |
subglobose, 5–7 mm diam., glabrous. |
Stones | distinct. |
distinct. |
2n | = 26. |
= 26. |
Arctostaphylos imbricata |
Arctostaphylos hispidula |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–early spring. | Flowering winter–early spring. |
Habitat | Maritime chaparral on sandstone outcroppings | Serpentine chaparral and open forests on sandstone |
Elevation | 100-200 m (300-700 ft) | 100-1100 m (300-3600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA; OR
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Arctostaphylos imbricata occurs on San Bruno Mountain in San Mateo County. It is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 435. | FNA vol. 8, p. 420. |
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos |
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Synonyms | A. andersonii var. imbricata | A. stanfordiana subsp. hispidula |
Name authority | Eastwood: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 20: 149. 1931 , | Howell: Fl. N.W. Amer., 415. 1901 , |
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