Flora of North America species comparison

The green links below add additional plants to the comparison table. Blue links lead to other Web sites.
enable glossary links

Arctostaphylos viscida subsp. pulchella
Photo is of parent taxon

sticky whiteleaf manzanita, white leaf manzanita
Twigs

glabrous or sparsely short-hairy near inflorescence.
Leaf

blades: margins entire, surfaces smooth, glabrous.
Ovaries

rough, densely glandular-hairy, viscid.
Fruits

rough, densely glandular-hairy, viscid.

Arctostaphylos viscida subsp. pulchella
Phenology Flowering winter–early spring.
Habitat Chaparral, open forests
Elevation 100-1200 m (300-3900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Subspecies pulchella occurs in the North Coast Ranges, northward into Oregon, usually restricted to serpentine soils.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 424.
Parent taxa Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Arctostaphylos > Arctostaphylos viscida
Sibling taxa
A. viscida subsp. mariposa, A. viscida subsp. viscida
Synonyms A. pulchella, A. oblongifolia, A. serpenticola, A. viscida var. oblongifolia
Name authority (Howell) P. V. Wells: Madroño 19: 204. (1968)
Web links 
Unless otherwise noted, all data comes from the online version of the Flora of North America, who have made most of their content available via a Creative Commons license (CC BY 4.0).



Type/paste one or more Latin names into the boxes above; matching taxa will show up below the box as you type. You can use the up/down arrow keys to move through the list.

(If the plant you're looking for doesn't show up in the auto-complete list, that means it either isn't described in Flora of North America yet, or it's listed under a synonym. And please note that Flora of North America is still missing several plant families, including Apiaceae, Boraginaceae, and Polemoniaceae.)

Choose a data source: Flora of North America, OregonFlora

The species comparison tool is brought to you by:
Northwest Wildflowers