Arctostaphylos purissima |
Arctostaphylos franciscana |
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La Purisima manzanita, La Purissima manzanita |
Franciscan manzanita |
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Habit | Shrubs, erect, 1–4 m; burl absent; twigs densely short-hairy with longer hairs. | Shrubs, prostrate or mat-forming, 0.2–1.5 m; burl absent; twigs gray-hairy. |
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 3–5 mm, (eglandular); blade bright green, shiny, oblanceolate, 1.5–2 × 0.5–1 cm, base cuneate, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, ± puberulent, glabrescent. |
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, 1–3-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, (branches compact), axis 0.5–1 cm, 1+ mm diam., gray-hairy; bracts appressed, scalelike (basalmost leaflike), awl-shaped, (concave when fresh), 3–4 mm, apex acute, surfaces glabrous. |
Pedicels | 3–5 mm, sparsely hairy or glabrous. |
2–6 mm, glabrous. |
Flowers | corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary glabrous. |
corolla white to pink, urceolate; ovary canescent. |
Fruits | depressed-globose, 5–8 mm diam., glabrous. |
globose, 6–8 mm diam., glabrous. |
Stones | distinct. |
distinct. |
2n | = 26. |
= 26. |
Arctostaphylos purissima |
Arctostaphylos franciscana |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–early spring. | Flowering winter–early spring. |
Habitat | Maritime chaparral on deep, sandy soils | Maritime chaparral, serpentine soils |
Elevation | 0-100 m (0-300 ft) | 0-100 m (0-300 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA |
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.) |
Of conservation concern. Formerly found in the northwestern portions of San Francisco, Arctostaphylos franciscana is now extirpated from the wild and survives only in cultivation. Arctostaphylos franciscana is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants as A. hookeri subsp. franciscana. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 434. | FNA vol. 8, p. 425. |
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos |
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Synonyms | A. hookeri subsp. franciscana | |
Name authority | P. V. Wells: Madroño 19: 195. 1968 , | Eastwood: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 201. (1905) |
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