Arctostaphylos imbricata |
Arctostaphylos nevadensis |
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San Bruno Mountain manzanita |
pine mat 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, prostrate or mound-forming, 0.1–0.5 m; burl absent or basal, sometimes epicormic; twigs sparsely short-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 3–7 mm; blade bright green, shiny, obovate or oblanceolate, 1–3 × 1–1.5 cm, base cuneate, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, puberulent, glabrescent. |
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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. |
racemes, simple or 1-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, (branches congested, globose), axis 0.5–1 cm, 1+ mm diam., sparsely short-hairy; bracts not appressed, (green), scalelike, linear or linear-lanceolate, mostly 2–3 mm (some near base leaflike, 5–10 mm), apex acuminate, mucronate, surfaces glabrous or sparsely hairy, rarely finely glandular-hairy. |
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Pedicels | 3–5 mm, densely glandular-hairy. |
3–5 mm, glabrous. |
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Flowers | corolla white, urceolate; ovary densely glandular-hairy. |
corolla white, urceolate; ovary glabrous. |
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Fruits | depressed-globose, 6–7 mm diam., glandular-hairy, (± viscid). |
(dark brown), globose, 6–8 mm diam., glabrous. |
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Stones | distinct. |
distinct. |
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2n | = 26. |
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Arctostaphylos imbricata |
Arctostaphylos nevadensis |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–early spring. | |||||
Habitat | Maritime chaparral on sandstone outcroppings | |||||
Elevation | 100-200 m (300-700 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA
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CA; NV; OR; WA
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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.) |
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 435. | FNA vol. 8, p. 435. | ||||
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | ||||
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Synonyms | A. andersonii var. imbricata | |||||
Name authority | Eastwood: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 20: 149. 1931 , | A. Gray: in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2: 27. 1878 , | ||||
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