Arctostaphylos insularis |
Arctostaphylos parryana |
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island manzanita |
Parry manzanita, Parry's manzanita |
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Habit | Shrubs, erect, (arborescent), 2–5 m; burl absent; (lower stems reddish with glaucous patches); twigs glabrous, sometimes sparsely short-hairy or sparsely glandular-hairy. | Shrubs, prostrate, erect, or mound-forming, 0.5–2 m; burl present or absent; twigs sparsely to moderately short-hairy. | ||||||||
Leaves | bifacial in stomatal distribution; petiole 4–8 mm; blade bright green, lustrous, oblong-elliptic, 2.5–4.5 × 1–3 cm, base rounded, margins entire, ± cupped, surfaces smooth, glabrous. |
petiole 5–10 mm; blade bright green or gray-glaucous, usually shiny, sometimes dull, oblong-ovate to wide-elliptic, 2.5–5 × 1.5–2.5 cm, base obtuse to truncate, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, glabrous or sparsely puberulent. |
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Inflorescences | panicles, 5–10-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, branches spreading, ascending, or erect, axis 2–3 cm, 1+ mm diam., glabrous, sometimes sparsely short-hairy or sparsely glandular-hairy, (buds ± spread apart); bracts not appressed, scalelike, deltate, 1.5–3 mm, apex acute, surfaces finely glandular-hairy. |
panicles, 3–5-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, branches spreading, axis 0.5–1.5 cm, 1+ mm diam., sparsely to moderately short-hairy; bracts ± appressed, scalelike, deltate to wide-ovate, 2–4 mm, apex mucronate, surfaces glabrous. |
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Pedicels | 6–9 mm, finely glandular-hairy. |
4–9 mm, glabrous. |
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Flowers | corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary glabrous or sparsely glandular-hairy. |
corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary glabrous. |
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Fruits | depressed-globose, 8–15 mm diam., sparsely hairy or glabrous. |
globose, 7–10 mm diam., glabrous. |
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Stones | distinct. |
connate into single sphere. |
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2n | = 26. |
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Arctostaphylos insularis |
Arctostaphylos parryana |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–early spring. | |||||||||
Habitat | Island chaparral and woodlands | |||||||||
Elevation | 200-400 m (700-1300 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
CA
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CA
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Arctostaphylos insularis is known from Santa Cruz Island. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Subspecies 3 (3 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. 422. | FNA vol. 8, p. 420. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | ||||||||
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Synonyms | A. insularis var. pubescens | |||||||||
Name authority | Greene ex Parry: Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 494. 1887 , | Lemmon: Pittonia 2: 68. 1890 , | ||||||||
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