Arctostaphylos purissima |
Arctostaphylos bakeri |
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La Purisima manzanita, La Purissima manzanita |
Baker's manzanita |
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Habit | Shrubs, erect, 1–4 m; burl absent; twigs densely short-hairy with longer hairs. | Shrubs, erect, 1–3 m; burl absent; twigs densely glandular-hairy, puberulent, or finely tomentose with sessile glands. | ||||
Leaves | petiole to 2 mm; blade bright green, shiny, orbiculate-ovate to ± orbiculate, 1–2.5 × 1–2 cm, base auriculate-clasping, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, glabrous. |
petiole 3–8 mm; blade dark green, not glaucous, dull, oblong-ovate to orbiculate-ovate, 2.5–3 × 1.5–2 cm, base usually cuneate, sometimes truncate to rounded, margins entire, plane, surfaces papillate, glandular-hispidulous. |
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Inflorescences | racemes, simple or 1–2-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, (branches dense, concealed by bracts), axis 0.5–1 cm, 1+ mm diam., densely short-hairy with longer hairs; bracts not appressed, (overlapping), leaflike, ovate to lanceolate-ovate, 5–8 mm, apex acute, surfaces glabrous. |
panicles, 2–5-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, branches spreading, axis 1–2 cm, 1+ mm diam., finely glandular-hairy, puberulent, or finely tomentose; bracts not fully appressed, scalelike, deltate to awl-like, 2–4 mm, apex acute, surfaces finely glandular-hairy, puberulent, or finely tomentose. |
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Pedicels | 3–5 mm, sparsely hairy or glabrous. |
3–5 mm, glabrous. |
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Flowers | corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary glabrous. |
corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary glabrous. |
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Fruits | depressed-globose, 5–8 mm diam., glabrous. |
depressed-globose, 8–10 mm diam., glabrous. |
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Stones | distinct. |
distinct. |
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2n | = 26. |
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Arctostaphylos purissima |
Arctostaphylos bakeri |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–early spring. | |||||
Habitat | Maritime chaparral on deep, sandy soils | |||||
Elevation | 0-100 m (0-300 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA
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CA
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Arctostaphylos purissima is known from hills and mesas near the coast (Burton Mesa) in Santa Barbara County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 434. | FNA vol. 8, p. 439. | ||||
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | ||||
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Synonyms | A. stanfordiana subsp. bakeri | |||||
Name authority | P. V. Wells: Madroño 19: 195. 1968 , | Eastwood: Leafl. W. Bot. 1: 115. 1934 , | ||||
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