Arctostaphylos morroensis |
Arctostaphylos pringlei |
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Morro manzanita |
Pringle manzanita, yellowleaf manzanita |
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Habit | Shrubs, erect or mound-forming, 1–4 m; burl absent; bark on older stems persistent, gray, shredded; twigs short-hairy with long, white hairs. | Shrubs, erect, 1–5 m; burl absent; twigs densely short glandular-hairy. | ||||
Leaves | bifacial in stomatal distribution; petiole 2–5 mm; blade dull gray abaxially, dark green, ± shiny adaxially, oblong-ovate to oblong-elliptic, 1.5–3 × 1–2 cm, base subcordate to ± truncate (sometimes with vestigial auricles), margins entire, cupped, abaxial surface smooth, densely tomentose, adaxial surface smooth, glabrous. |
petiole 5–10 mm; blade gray-glaucous, dull, elliptic, ovate, or ± orbiculate, 2–5 × 1–4 cm, base rounded, truncate, or ± lobed, margins entire, plane, surfaces papillate, scabrous, finely glandular-hairy. |
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Inflorescences | panicles, 2–5-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, (branches congested, bell-shaped, partly framed by bracts), axis 0.5–0.8 cm, 1+ mm diam., short-hairy with long, white hairs; bracts not appressed, leaflike, linear-lanceolate, 5–8 mm, apex acuminate, surfaces puberulent. |
racemes, simple or 1-branched; immature inflorescence (developing late), pendent or erect, (concealed by bracts), axis 1–1.5 cm, 1+ mm diam., densely short glandular-hairy; bracts deciduous after flowering, (crowded), appressed, (bright pink), leaflike, lanceolate, 6–10 mm, apex acute, surfaces densely glandular-hairy. |
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Pedicels | 4–6 mm, hairy or glabrous. |
5–15 mm, finely glandular-hairy. |
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Flowers | corolla white, urceolate; ovary densely white-hairy. |
corolla white to pink, conic to urceolate; ovary glandular-hairy. |
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Fruits | depressed-globose, 7–10 mm diam., sparsely hairy. |
globose, 6–12 mm diam., finely glandular-hairy, (viscid). |
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Stones | distinct. |
distinct or connate. |
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2n | = 26. |
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Arctostaphylos morroensis |
Arctostaphylos pringlei |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–early spring. | |||||
Habitat | Maritime chaparral on sandy soils near coast | |||||
Elevation | 0-100 m (0-300 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA
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AZ; CA; NV; UT; nw Mexico
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Arctostaphylos morroensis is known from the Morro Bay region in San Luis Obispo County. (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. 432. | FNA vol. 8, p. 427. | ||||
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | ||||
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Name authority | Wieslander & B. Schreiber: Madroño 5: 42, fig. 2a. 1939 , | Parry: Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 494. 1887 , | ||||
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