Arctostaphylos pajaroensis |
Arctostaphylos bakeri |
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Pajaro manzanita |
Baker's 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, sometimes with long hairs. | Shrubs, erect, 1–3 m; burl absent; twigs densely glandular-hairy, puberulent, or finely tomentose with sessile glands. | ||||
Leaves | bifacial in stomatal distribution; petiole to 2 mm; blade light green abaxially, dark blue-green, glaucous adaxially, dull, ovate to triangular-ovate, 2–4 × 1–2 cm, base distinctly lobed, auriculate-clasping, margins (tinged with red), entire, ± cupped, surfaces smooth, glabrous, midvein hairy abaxially. |
petiole 3–8 mm; blade dark green, not glaucous, dull, oblong-ovate to orbiculate-ovate, 2.5–3 × 1.5–2 cm, base usually cuneate, sometimes truncate to rounded, margins entire, plane, surfaces papillate, glandular-hispidulous. |
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Inflorescences | panicles, 2–5-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, branches spreading, axis 1–1.5 cm, 1+ mm diam., short-hairy, sometimes with long hairs; bracts not appressed, leaflike, linear-lanceolate, 5–10 mm, apex acuminate, surfaces glabrous. |
panicles, 2–5-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, branches spreading, axis 1–2 cm, 1+ mm diam., finely glandular-hairy, puberulent, or finely tomentose; bracts not fully appressed, scalelike, deltate to awl-like, 2–4 mm, apex acute, surfaces finely glandular-hairy, puberulent, or finely tomentose. |
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Pedicels | 5–8 mm, finely hairy or glabrous. |
3–5 mm, glabrous. |
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Flowers | corolla white to pink, urceolate; ovary densely white-hairy. |
corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary glabrous. |
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Fruits | depressed-globose, 6–8 mm diam., sparsely hairy or glabrous. |
depressed-globose, 8–10 mm diam., glabrous. |
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Stones | distinct. |
distinct. |
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2n | = 26. |
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Arctostaphylos pajaroensis |
Arctostaphylos bakeri |
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Phenology | Flowering early winter–early spring. | |||||
Habitat | Maritime chaparral on deep to shallow, sandy soils or sandstone outcroppings | |||||
Elevation | 0-200 m (0-700 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA
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CA
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Arctostaphylos pajaroensis is found in the vicinity of the Pajaro Hills in Monterey 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. 439. | ||||
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | ||||
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Synonyms | A. andersonii var. pajaroensis | A. stanfordiana subsp. bakeri | ||||
Name authority | (J. E. Adams) J. E. Adams: J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 56: 41. 1940 , | Eastwood: Leafl. W. Bot. 1: 115. 1934 , | ||||
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