Arctostaphylos sensitiva |
Arctostaphylos parryana |
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coinleaf manzanita, dwarf manzanita, glossyleaf manzanita |
Parry manzanita, Parry's 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, erect, or mound-forming, 0.5–2 m; burl present or absent; twigs sparsely to moderately short-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 5–10 mm; blade bright green or gray-glaucous, usually shiny, sometimes dull, oblong-ovate to wide-elliptic, 2.5–5 × 1.5–2.5 cm, base obtuse to truncate, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, glabrous or sparsely puberulent. |
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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, 3–5-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, branches spreading, axis 0.5–1.5 cm, 1+ mm diam., sparsely to moderately short-hairy; bracts ± appressed, scalelike, deltate to wide-ovate, 2–4 mm, apex mucronate, surfaces glabrous. |
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Pedicels | 3–5 mm, glabrous. |
4–9 mm, glabrous. |
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Flowers | 4-merous; corolla white to pink, urceolate; ovary white-hairy. |
corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary glabrous. |
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Fruits | subcylindric, 3–4 mm diam., glabrous. |
globose, 7–10 mm diam., glabrous. |
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Stones | distinct (breaking apart in mature fruit). |
connate into single sphere. |
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2n | = 26. |
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Arctostaphylos sensitiva |
Arctostaphylos parryana |
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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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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.) |
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. 418. | FNA vol. 8, p. 420. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos | ||||||||
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Synonyms | A. nummularia subsp. sensitiva, A. nummularia var. sensitiva | |||||||||
Name authority | Jepson: Madroño 1: 85. 1922 , | Lemmon: Pittonia 2: 68. 1890 , | ||||||||
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