Arctostaphylos sensitiva |
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coinleaf manzanita, dwarf manzanita, glossyleaf manzanita |
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Habit | Shrubs, erect or mound-forming, 1–2 m; burl absent; bark on older stems red, smooth; twigs densely short-haired with longer gland-tipped hairs. |
Leaves | bifacial in stomatal distribution; petiole 1–3 mm; blade light green abaxially, dark green adaxially, shiny, orbiculate to orbiculate-ovate, 1–2.2 × 0.8–1.8 cm, base truncate to ± lobed, margins entire, cupped, surfaces smooth, glabrous, midvein hairy. |
Inflorescences | panicles, 4–8-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, branches spreading, axis 0.5–1 cm, to 1 mm diam., densely short-hairy with longer gland-tipped hairs; bracts appressed, scalelike, deltate, 0.5–2 mm, apex acute, surfaces glabrous. |
Pedicels | 3–5 mm, glabrous. |
Flowers | 4-merous; corolla white to pink, urceolate; ovary white-hairy. |
Fruits | subcylindric, 3–4 mm diam., glabrous. |
Stones | distinct (breaking apart in mature fruit). |
2n | = 26. |
Arctostaphylos sensitiva |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–early spring. |
Habitat | Sandstone uplands in maritime chaparral or closed-cone conifer forests near coast |
Elevation | 100-600 m (300-2000 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Arctostaphylos sensitiva occurs in Marin, San Mateo, and Santa Cruz counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 418. |
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos |
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Synonyms | A. nummularia subsp. sensitiva, A. nummularia var. sensitiva |
Name authority | Jepson: Madroño 1: 85. 1922 , |
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