Arctostaphylos rudis |
Arctostaphylos stanfordiana |
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sand mesa manzanita, shagbark manzanita |
Stanford's manzanita |
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Habit | Shrubs, erect, 1–3 m; burl present or absent; bark on older stems persistent, gray, shredded; twigs sparsely short-hairy. | Shrubs, erect or prostrate to decumbent, mat- or mound-forming, 0.1–3 m; burl absent; twigs usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely short-hairy, hairs sometimes glandular. | ||||||||
Leaves | erect; petiole 3–8 mm; blade bright green, shiny, elliptic, 1–3 × 1–2 cm, base cuneate to rounded, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, puberulent, glabrescent. |
petiole 4–12 mm; blade bright green, shiny or slightly glaucous, elliptic, oblong, or oblanceolate, 3–5 × 1.5–2.5 cm, base cuneate, (not clasping), margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, glabrous or, rarely, finely glandular-puberulent. |
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Inflorescences | racemes, (simple or 1-branched); immature inflorescence pendent, axis 0.5–1 cm, 1+ mm diam., sparsely short-hairy; bracts not appressed, scalelike, deltate, 2–6 mm, apex acuminate, surfaces glabrous. |
panicles, 3–5-branched; immature inflorescence ascendent, branches wide-spreading, often ascending to erect, axis 2–2.5 cm, to 1 mm diam., usually glabrous, sparsely hairy, or sometimes sparsely glandular-hairy; bracts tightly appressed, scalelike, ovate to deltate, 1–1.5 mm (± equaling buds), apex acuminate, surfaces usually sparsely hairy or sometimes sparsely glandular-hairy; (buds scattered along inflorescence axis, round, appearing as “beads”). |
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Pedicels | 3–6 mm, glabrous. |
5–10 mm, glabrous. |
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Flowers | corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary glabrous. |
corolla white to pink, urceolate; ovary glabrous. |
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Fruits | depressed-globose, 8–14 mm diam., glabrous. |
subglobose, 6–8 mm diam., glabrous. |
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Stones | distinct. |
distinct. |
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2n | = 26. |
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Arctostaphylos rudis |
Arctostaphylos stanfordiana |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–early spring. | |||||||||
Habitat | Maritime chaparral on sandy soils | |||||||||
Elevation | 0-100 m (0-300 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
CA
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CA
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Arctostaphylos rudis is found along the coast in Nipomo and Burton mesas and Point Sal, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 416. | FNA vol. 8. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | ||||||||
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Name authority | Jepson & Weislander: Erythea 8: 100. 1938 , | Parry: Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 493. 1887 , | ||||||||
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