Arctostaphylos sensitiva |
Arctostaphylos franciscana |
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coinleaf manzanita, dwarf manzanita, glossyleaf manzanita |
Franciscan 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. | Shrubs, prostrate or mat-forming, 0.2–1.5 m; burl absent; twigs gray-hairy. |
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. |
petiole 3–5 mm, (eglandular); blade bright green, shiny, oblanceolate, 1.5–2 × 0.5–1 cm, base cuneate, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, ± puberulent, glabrescent. |
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. |
panicles, 1–3-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, (branches compact), axis 0.5–1 cm, 1+ mm diam., gray-hairy; bracts appressed, scalelike (basalmost leaflike), awl-shaped, (concave when fresh), 3–4 mm, apex acute, surfaces glabrous. |
Pedicels | 3–5 mm, glabrous. |
2–6 mm, glabrous. |
Flowers | 4-merous; corolla white to pink, urceolate; ovary white-hairy. |
corolla white to pink, urceolate; ovary canescent. |
Fruits | subcylindric, 3–4 mm diam., glabrous. |
globose, 6–8 mm diam., glabrous. |
Stones | distinct (breaking apart in mature fruit). |
distinct. |
2n | = 26. |
= 26. |
Arctostaphylos sensitiva |
Arctostaphylos franciscana |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–early spring. | Flowering winter–early spring. |
Habitat | Sandstone uplands in maritime chaparral or closed-cone conifer forests near coast | Maritime chaparral, serpentine soils |
Elevation | 100-600 m (300-2000 ft) | 0-100 m (0-300 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA |
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.) |
Of conservation concern. Formerly found in the northwestern portions of San Francisco, Arctostaphylos franciscana is now extirpated from the wild and survives only in cultivation. Arctostaphylos franciscana is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants as A. hookeri subsp. franciscana. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 418. | FNA vol. 8, p. 425. |
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos |
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Synonyms | A. nummularia subsp. sensitiva, A. nummularia var. sensitiva | A. hookeri subsp. franciscana |
Name authority | Jepson: Madroño 1: 85. 1922 , | Eastwood: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 201. (1905) |
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