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Xylococcus bicolor

mission manzanita
Habit Plants 1.5–4(–7) m.
Leaves

petiole 0.5–1 mm;

blade dark green adaxially, 1.8–5.5 × 0.8–2.3 cm, base cuneate, apex acute.
Inflorescences

recurved, unbranched.
Flowers

sepals dark red, tomentose, lobes reflexed;

corolla 7–9 mm;

nectary disc crateriform;

style elongate;

stigma minute.
Drupes

5–8 × 6–10 mm.
Seeds

ovoid.
2n

= 26.

Xylococcus bicolor
Phenology Flowering Dec–Jul.
Habitat Chaparral, dry slopes
Elevation 0-700 m (0-2300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion

Xylococcus bicolor has a limited distribution in southern California, occurring on the coastal plain and in the Peninsular and Transverse ranges of Los Angeles County to San Diego County, and on Santa Catalina Island.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 404.
Parent taxa Ericaceae > subfam. Arbutoideae > Xylococcus
Synonyms Arctostaphylos bicolor
Name authority Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 8: 259. 1842 ,
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