Arctostaphylos pajaroensis |
Arctostaphylos mewukka |
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Pajaro manzanita |
Indian 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 present or absent; twigs glabrous or slightly hairy and sparsely glandular. | ||||
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 6–15 mm; blade intensely gray- or white-glaucous, dull, orbiculate, orbiculate-ovate, oblong-ovate, or lanceolate-ovate, 3–7 × 2–7 cm, base rounded, margins entire, plane, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces smooth, glabrous. |
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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, 2–7-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, axis 2–3 cm, 1+ mm diam., glabrous or slightly hairy, sometimes glandular; bracts tightly appressed, scalelike, deltate to linear-lanceolate, 3–6 mm, apex acute or acuminate, surfaces glabrous. |
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Pedicels | 5–8 mm, finely hairy or glabrous. |
4–8 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. |
(dark mahogany-brown), globose, 12–16 mm diam., glabrous. |
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Stones | distinct. |
distinct, sometimes connate. |
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2n | = 26. |
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Arctostaphylos pajaroensis |
Arctostaphylos mewukka |
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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). Arctostaphylos mewukka is found on the western slopes of the central and northern Sierra Nevada. (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. 421. | ||||
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | ||||
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Synonyms | A. andersonii var. pajaroensis | |||||
Name authority | (J. E. Adams) J. E. Adams: J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 56: 41. 1940 , | Merriam: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 31: 101, plates 2, 3. 1918 , | ||||
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