Arctostaphylos purissima |
Arctostaphylos glutinosa |
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La Purisima manzanita, La Purissima manzanita |
Schreiber's manzanita |
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Habit | Shrubs, erect, 1–4 m; burl absent; twigs densely short-hairy with longer hairs. | Shrubs, erect, 1–2 m; burl absent; twigs sparsely to densely soft-hairy with some glandular hairs. |
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 to 4 mm; blade glaucous, dull, oblong to oblong-ovate, 2–5 × 1–3 cm, base distinctly lobed, auriculate-clasping, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, gray-canescent, 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, 2–4-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, branches spreading, curved, (obscured by bracts), axis 1.5–2.5 cm, 1+ mm diam., sparsely to densely soft-hairy with glandular hairs; bracts not appressed, leaflike, oblong-lanceolate, 5–15 mm, apex acute, surfaces canescent. |
Pedicels | 3–5 mm, sparsely hairy or glabrous. |
5–8 mm, finely glandular-hairy. |
Flowers | corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary glabrous. |
corolla white, urceolate; ovary densely long white-hairy, hairs often gland-tipped. |
Fruits | depressed-globose, 5–8 mm diam., glabrous. |
depressed-globose, 7–14 mm diam., glandular-hairy, (viscid). |
Stones | distinct. |
distinct. |
2n | = 26. |
= 26. |
Arctostaphylos purissima |
Arctostaphylos glutinosa |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–early spring. | Flowering winter–early spring. |
Habitat | Maritime chaparral on deep, sandy soils | Chaparral, closed-cone conifer forests |
Elevation | 0-100 m (0-300 ft) | 500- 700 m (1600- 2300 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. Arctostaphylos glutinosa is found in chaparral and knobcone pine woodlands on Monterey Shale barrens near the Pacific Coast in a limited area of the central Santa Cruz Mountains on northern Ben Lomond Mountain in Santa Cruz County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 434. | FNA vol. 8, p. 431. |
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos |
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Name authority | P. V. Wells: Madroño 19: 195. 1968 , | B. Schreiber: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 23: 620, plate 1, fig. 2. 1940 , |
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