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La Purisima manzanita, La Purissima manzanita
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Mt. Tamalpais manzanita
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| Shrubs, erect, 1–4 m; burl absent; twigs densely short-hairy with longer hairs. |
Shrubs, erect, prostrate, or mound-forming, 0.1–2 m; burl absent; twigs densely white short-hairy. |
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 2–6 mm; blade dark green, shiny, orbiculate-elliptic to elliptic, 1–2.5 × 1–1.5 cm, base rounded to cuneate, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, puberulent, glabrescent. |
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 0.5–1.5 cm, 1+ mm diam., densely white short-hairy; bracts tightly appressed, scalelike, ovate, 2–5 mm, apex acuminate, surfaces glabrous. |
3–5 mm, sparsely hairy or glabrous. |
3–6 mm, glabrous. |
corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary glabrous. |
corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary glabrous. |
depressed-globose, 5–8 mm diam., glabrous. |
globose, 4–8 mm diam., glabrous. |
distinct. |
distinct. |
= 26. |
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| Flowering winter–early spring. |
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| Maritime chaparral on deep, sandy soils |
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| 0-100 m (0-300 ft) |
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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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1. Fruits 6-8 mm diam.; plants mound-forming or erect; leaf blades orbiculate-elliptic to elliptic, 1-2.5 × 1-1.5 cm; young twigs white-tomentose. | subsp. montana |
1. Fruits 4-5 mm diam.; plants prostrate; leaf blades orbiculate-elliptic, 1-2 × 1-1.5 cm; young twigs gray-tomentose. | subsp. ravenii |
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| FNA vol. 8, p. 434. |
FNA vol. 8, p. 436. |
| Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos |
Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos |
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. pumila, A. pungens, 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. 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. 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 |
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A. hookeri subsp. montana, A. pungens var. montana |
| P. V. Wells: Madroño 19: 195. 1968 , |
Eastwood: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, 1: 83. (1897) |
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