Arctostaphylos purissima |
Arctostaphylos imbricata |
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La Purisima manzanita, La Purissima manzanita |
San Bruno Mountain manzanita |
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Habit | Shrubs, erect, 1–4 m; burl absent; twigs densely short-hairy with longer hairs. | Shrubs, prostrate or mat- or mound-forming, 0.1–1 m; burl absent; twigs densely fine-hairy with long, gland-tipped 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 2 mm; blade light green, dull, orbiculate to orbiculate-ovate, 2.5–4 × 2–3 cm, base auriculate-clasping, margins entire, plane, surfaces papillate, ± scabrous, sparsely glandular-hairy. |
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, 3–5-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, (branches densely clustered, ± sessile), axis 0.5–1 cm, 1+ mm diam., densely fine-hairy with long, gland-tipped hairs; bracts appressed, leaflike, ovate, 5–10 mm, apex acute, surfaces glandular-hairy. |
Pedicels | 3–5 mm, sparsely hairy or glabrous. |
3–5 mm, densely glandular-hairy. |
Flowers | corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary glabrous. |
corolla white, urceolate; ovary densely glandular-hairy. |
Fruits | depressed-globose, 5–8 mm diam., glabrous. |
depressed-globose, 6–7 mm diam., glandular-hairy, (± viscid). |
Stones | distinct. |
distinct. |
2n | = 26. |
= 26. |
Arctostaphylos purissima |
Arctostaphylos imbricata |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–early spring. | Flowering winter–early spring. |
Habitat | Maritime chaparral on deep, sandy soils | Maritime chaparral on sandstone outcroppings |
Elevation | 0-100 m (0-300 ft) | 100-200 m (300-700 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.) |
Of conservation concern. Arctostaphylos imbricata occurs on San Bruno Mountain in San Mateo County. It is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 434. | FNA vol. 8, p. 435. |
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | A. andersonii var. imbricata | |
Name authority | P. V. Wells: Madroño 19: 195. 1968 , | Eastwood: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 20: 149. 1931 , |
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