Arctostaphylos morroensis |
Arctostaphylos pumila |
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Morro manzanita |
sand-mat 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, prostrate or mound-forming, 0.1–1 m; burl absent; twigs short gray-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. |
bifacial in stomatal distribution; petiole 2–3 mm; blade dull gray abaxially, dark green, ± shiny adaxially, narrowly obovate to oblanceolate, (convex), 1–2 × 0.5–1.5 cm, base cuneate, margins (tinged with red), entire, ± cupped, abaxial surface smooth, densely gray-tomentose, adaxial surface smooth, sparsely puberulent. |
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 pendent, axis 0.3–0.5 cm, 1+ mm diam., short gray-hairy; bracts not appressed, scalelike (proximalmost leaflike), lanceolate or oblanceolate, 2–3 mm, apex acute to mucronate, surfaces hairy or glabrous. |
Pedicels | 4–6 mm, hairy or glabrous. |
3–4 mm, hairy. |
Flowers | corolla white, urceolate; ovary densely white-hairy. |
corolla white, urceolate; ovary white-hairy or ± glabrous. |
Fruits | depressed-globose, 7–10 mm diam., sparsely hairy. |
globose, 5–6 mm diam., sparsely hairy or glabrous. |
Stones | distinct. |
distinct. |
2n | = 26. |
= 26. |
Arctostaphylos morroensis |
Arctostaphylos pumila |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–early spring. | Flowering winter–early spring. |
Habitat | Maritime chaparral on sandy soils near coast | Sand dunes, maritime chaparral, open, closed-cone conifer forests |
Elevation | 0-100 m (0-300 ft) | 0-300 m (0-1000 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA
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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.) |
Of conservation concern. Arctostaphylos pumila is known from the southern Monterey Bay region, Monterey County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 432. | FNA vol. 8, p. 424. |
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Wieslander & B. Schreiber: Madroño 5: 42, fig. 2a. 1939 , | Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 8: 266. 1842 , |
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