Arctostaphylos purissima |
Arctostaphylos ohloneana |
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La Purisima manzanita, La Purissima manzanita |
Ohlone 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 short-hairy, usually with scattered long-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 3–5 mm; blade light green, not glaucous, dull, elliptic to ovate-elliptic, 1.5–3 × 1–1.5 cm, base cuneate, (not clasping), margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, puberulent with small, interspersed, glandular hairs, 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, 3–5-branched, immature inflorescence pendent, branches spreading, axis 1.5–2.5 cm, 1+ mm diam., sparsely short-hairy, usually with scattered, long-glandular hairs; bracts not appressed, scalelike, ovate to deltate, 1–1.3 mm, apex acute, surfaces hairy. |
Pedicels | 3–5 mm, sparsely hairy or glabrous. |
3–8 mm, glabrous. |
Flowers | corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary glabrous. |
corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary glabrous. |
Fruits | depressed-globose, 5–8 mm diam., glabrous. |
depressed-globose, 5–8 mm diam., glabrous. |
Stones | distinct. |
distinct. |
2n | = 26. |
= 26. |
Arctostaphylos purissima |
Arctostaphylos ohloneana |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–early spring. | Flowering winter–early spring. |
Habitat | Maritime chaparral on deep, sandy soils | Knobcone pine chaparral, siliceous shale ridges |
Elevation | 0-100 m (0-300 ft) | 300-400 m. (1000-1300 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 ohloneana is known from northern Ben Lomond Mountain in northern Santa Cruz County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 434. | FNA vol. 8, p. 417. |
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | P. V. Wells: Madroño 19: 195. 1968 , | M. C. Vasey & V. T. Parker: Madroño 55: 240, fig. 3. (2009) |
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