Arctostaphylos osoensis |
Arctostaphylos nevadensis |
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oso manzanita |
pine mat manzanita |
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Habit | Shrubs, erect or mound-forming, 1–4 m; burl absent; bark of older stems persistent, gray, shredded, sometimes red, smooth; twigs sparsely short-hairy. | 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 dark green, ± shiny, ovate to orbiculate-ovate, 1.5–3 × 1.5–2.5 cm, base deeply lobed, (clasping), margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, sparsely short-hairy or glabrous. |
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 | racemes, simple or 1-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, (branches compact, framed by bracts), axis 0.5–1 cm, 1+ mm diam., sparsely short-hairy; bracts not appressed, leaflike, lanceolate to ovate, 4–8 mm, apex acute, surfaces glabrous. |
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 | 8–9 mm, glabrous. |
3–5 mm, glabrous. |
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Flowers | corolla white, urceolate; ovary glabrous. |
corolla white, urceolate; ovary glabrous. |
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Fruits | depressed-globose, 5–8 mm diam., glabrous. |
(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 osoensis |
Arctostaphylos nevadensis |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–early spring. | |||||
Habitat | Maritime chaparral on volcanic uplands | |||||
Elevation | 0-200 m (0-700 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA |
CA; NV; OR; WA
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Arctostaphylos osoensis is found in the volcanic hills east of Morro Bay, 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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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 434. | FNA vol. 8, p. 435. | ||||
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Name authority | P. V. Wells: Four Seasons 9(2): 45. 1992 , | A. Gray: in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2: 27. 1878 , | ||||
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