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Arctostaphylos pumila

Arctostaphylos parryana

sand-mat manzanita

Parry manzanita, Parry's manzanita
Habit Shrubs, prostrate or mound-forming, 0.1–1 m; burl absent; twigs short gray-hairy. Shrubs, prostrate, erect, or mound-forming, 0.5–2 m; burl present or absent; twigs sparsely to moderately short-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.

petiole 5–10 mm;

blade bright green or gray-glaucous, usually shiny, sometimes dull, oblong-ovate to wide-elliptic, 2.5–5 × 1.5–2.5 cm, base obtuse to truncate, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, glabrous or 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.

panicles, 3–5-branched;

immature inflorescence pendent, branches spreading, axis 0.5–1.5 cm, 1+ mm diam., sparsely to moderately short-hairy;

bracts ± appressed, scalelike, deltate to wide-ovate, 2–4 mm, apex mucronate, surfaces glabrous.
Pedicels

3–4 mm, hairy.

4–9 mm, glabrous.
Flowers

corolla white, urceolate;

ovary white-hairy or ± glabrous.

corolla white, conic to urceolate;

ovary glabrous.
Fruits

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

globose, 7–10 mm diam., glabrous.
Stones

distinct.

connate into single sphere.
2n

= 26.

Arctostaphylos pumila

Arctostaphylos parryana
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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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.)

Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Key
1. Leaf blades gray-glaucous, dull; burls present.
subsp. desertica
1. Leaf blades bright green, shiny; burls present or absent
→ 2
2. Burls absent.
subsp. parryana
2. Burls present.
subsp. tumescens
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 424. FNA vol. 8, p. 420.
Parent taxa Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos 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
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. patula, A. pechoensis, 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
Subordinate taxa
A. parryana subsp. desertica, A. parryana subsp. parryana, A. parryana subsp. tumescens
Name authority Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 8: 266. 1842 , Lemmon: Pittonia 2: 68. 1890 ,
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