Arctostaphylos imbricata |
Arctostaphylos pacifica |
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San Bruno Mountain manzanita |
Pacific 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, 0.1–0.3 m; burl present, sometimes epicormic; twigs 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 2–4 mm; blade light green abaxially, dark green adaxially, shiny, elliptic, 1–2 × 0.5–1 cm, base cuneate, margins serrulate, plane, surfaces smooth, sparsely 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. |
racemes, (simple or 1-branched); immature inflorescence pendent, (congested), axis 0.5–1 cm, 1+ mm diam., short-hairy; bracts appressed, scalelike, awl-like, 0.5–1 mm, apex acute, glabrous. |
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). |
(reddish), globose, 6–8 mm diam., glabrous. |
Stones | distinct. |
distinct. |
2n | = 26. |
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Arctostaphylos imbricata |
Arctostaphylos pacifica |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–early spring. | Flowering winter–early spring. |
Habitat | Maritime chaparral on sandstone outcroppings | Sandstone outcrops |
Elevation | 100-200 m (300-700 ft) | 300 m (1000 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA
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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.) |
Of conservation concern. A distinctive species with an uncertain origin, Arctostaphylos pacifica has often been relegated to hybrid status and ignored; it displays a number of unique characters not found in any other species. It is found only at one location, San Bruno Mountain, the northern part of the Santa Cruz Mountains, San Mateo County. The relationships of this species need additional study. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 435. | FNA vol. 8, p. 415. |
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 , | Roof: Leafl. W. Bot. 9: 217. 1962 , |
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