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Arctostaphylos pumila

sand-mat manzanita
Habit Shrubs, prostrate or mound-forming, 0.1–1 m; burl absent; twigs short gray-hairy.
Leaves

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

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

3–4 mm, hairy.
Flowers

corolla white, urceolate;

ovary white-hairy or ± glabrous.
Fruits

globose, 5–6 mm diam., sparsely hairy or glabrous.
Stones

distinct.
2n

= 26.

Arctostaphylos pumila
Phenology Flowering winter–early spring.
Habitat Sand dunes, maritime chaparral, open, closed-cone conifer forests
Elevation 0-300 m (0-1000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Discussion

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. 424.
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. pechoensis, A. pilosula, A. pringlei, 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
Name authority Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 8: 266. 1842 ,
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