Arctostaphylos glutinosa
Species of flowering plant
| Arctostaphylos glutinosa | |
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| Leaves of A. glutinosa (lower and upper views) | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Arctostaphylos |
| Species: | A. glutinosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Arctostaphylos glutinosa Schreib. | |
Arctostaphylos glutinosa is a species of manzanita known by the common name Schreiber's manzanita. It is endemic to Santa Cruz County, California, where it is known from only a few occurrences on the western slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains. It grows in the chaparral of the limestone and diatomaceous shale ridges on the coastline.
Description
This is a bristly, glandular shrub reaching heights between 1 and 2 meters. The leaves are greenish gray, densely packed and clasping on the branches. They are up to 5 centimeters long, dull in texture and fuzzy to woolly, with mostly smooth edges except for some teeth near the bases.
The inflorescences are dense with urn-shaped flowers with reddish resin glands inside. The fruit is a hairy red drupe coated in sticky resin.
References
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- USDA Plants Profile
- Local Profile
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Extant Arbutoideae subfamily species
- Arctous alpina
- Arctous rubra
- Comarostaphylis arbutoides
- Comarostaphylis discolor
- Comarostaphylis diversifolia
- Comarostaphylis glaucescens
- Comarostaphylis lanata
- Comarostaphylis longifolia
- Comarostaphylis mucronata
- Comarostaphylis polifolia
- Comarostaphylis sharpii
- Comarostaphylis spinulosa
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