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Stanford manzanita, Stanford's manzanita

Habit Plants erect, not mat- or mound-forming, 1–3 m; twigs usually glabrous, rarely sparsely short-hairy.
Petioles

8–12 mm, smooth, glabrous.

Inflorescences

axis usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely short-hairy;

bracts glabrous or sparsely short-hairy.

2n

= 26.

Arctostaphylos stanfordiana subsp. stanfordiana

Phenology Flowering winter–early spring.
Habitat Chaparral
Elevation 100- 1000 m (300- 3300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Subspecies stanfordiana is widespread in the interior northern Coast Ranges.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 8, p. 420.
Parent taxa Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos > Arctostaphylos stanfordiana
Sibling taxa
A. stanfordiana subsp. decumbens, A. stanfordiana subsp. raichei
Name authority unknown
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