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Pecho manzanita

Habit Shrubs, erect, 1–5 m; burl absent; twigs short-hairy with long, white hairs.
Leaves

petiole 1–4 mm;

blade glaucous, dull to ± shiny, oblong-ovate, 2–5 × 1–2.5 cm, base auriculate-clasping, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, puberulent, glabrescent.

Inflorescences

panicles, 1–4-branched;

immature inflorescence pendent, (branches dense, framed by bracts), axis 1–1.5 cm, 1+ mm diam., short-hairy with long, white hairs;

bracts not appressed, leaflike, linear-lanceolate, 8–15 mm, apex acuminate, surfaces glabrous.

Pedicels

5–10 mm, glabrous.

Flowers

corolla white, conic to urceolate;

ovary hairy.

Fruits

depressed-globose, 8–12 mm diam., glabrous.

Stones

partially to entirely connate.

2n

= 26.

Arctostaphylos pechoensis

Phenology Flowering winter–early spring.
Habitat Maritime chaparral on siliceous shale soils
Elevation 0-300 m (0-1000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Arctostaphylos pechoensis is known from the vicinity of the Pecho Hills, San Luis Obispo County.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 8, p. 434.
Parent taxa Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos
Sibling taxa
A. andersonii, A. auriculata, A. bakeri, A. canescens, A. catalinae, A. columbiana, A. confertiflora, A. crustacea, A. cruzensis, A. densiflora, A. edmundsii, A. franciscana, A. gabilanensis, A. glandulosa, A. glauca, A. glutinosa, A. hispidula, A. hookeri, A. hooveri, A. imbricata, A. insularis, A. klamathensis, A. luciana, A. malloryi, A. manzanita, A. mewukka, A. montana, A. montaraensis, A. montereyensis, A. morroensis, A. myrtifolia, A. nevadensis, A. nissenana, A. nortensis, A. nummularia, A. obispoensis, A. ohloneana, A. osoensis, A. otayensis, A. pacifica, A. pajaroensis, A. pallida, A. parryana, A. patula, A. pilosula, A. pringlei, A. pumila, A. pungens, A. purissima, A. rainbowensis, A. refugioensis, A. regismontana, A. rudis, A. sensitiva, A. silvicola, A. stanfordiana, A. tomentosa, A. uva-ursi, A. virgata, A. viridissima, A. viscida
Synonyms Uva-ursi pechoensis
Name authority (Abrams) Dudley ex Eastwood: Leafl. W. Bot. 1: 62. 1933 ,
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