Arctostaphylos pajaroensis |
Arctostaphylos pumila |
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Pajaro 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, sometimes with long hairs. | Shrubs, prostrate or mound-forming, 0.1–1 m; burl absent; twigs short gray-hairy. |
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. |
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 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. |
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 | 5–8 mm, finely hairy or glabrous. |
3–4 mm, hairy. |
Flowers | corolla white to pink, urceolate; ovary densely white-hairy. |
corolla white, urceolate; ovary white-hairy or ± glabrous. |
Fruits | depressed-globose, 6–8 mm diam., sparsely hairy or glabrous. |
globose, 5–6 mm diam., sparsely hairy or glabrous. |
Stones | distinct. |
distinct. |
2n | = 26. |
= 26. |
Arctostaphylos pajaroensis |
Arctostaphylos pumila |
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Phenology | Flowering early winter–early spring. | Flowering winter–early spring. |
Habitat | Maritime chaparral on deep to shallow, sandy soils or sandstone outcroppings | Sand dunes, maritime chaparral, open, closed-cone conifer forests |
Elevation | 0-200 m (0-700 ft) | 0-300 m (0-1000 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.) |
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 | ||
Synonyms | A. andersonii var. pajaroensis | |
Name authority | (J. E. Adams) J. E. Adams: J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 56: 41. 1940 , | Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 8: 266. 1842 , |
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