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Arctostaphylos morroensis
Wies. & Schreib.
Family:
Ericaceae
Morro Manzanita
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FNA
Resources
V. Thomas Parker, Michael C. Vasey, Jon E. Keeley in Flora of North America (vol. 8)
Shrubs,
erect or mound-forming, 1-4 m; burl absent; bark on older stems persistent, gray, shredded; twigs short-hairy with long, white hairs.
Leaves
bifacial in stomatal distribution; petiole 2-5 mm; blade dull gray abaxially, dark green, ± shiny adaxially, oblong-ovate to oblong-elliptic, 1.5-3 × 1-2 cm, base subcordate to ± truncate (sometimes with vestigial auricles), margins entire, cupped, abaxial surface smooth, densely tomentose, adaxial surface smooth, glabrous.
Inflorescences
panicles, 2-5-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, (branches congested, bell-shaped, partly framed by bracts), axis 0.5-0.8 cm, 1+ mm diam., short-hairy with long, white hairs; bracts not appressed, leaflike, linear-lanceolate, 5-8 mm, apex acuminate, surfaces puberulent.
Pedicels
4-6 mm, hairy or glabrous.
Flowers:
corolla white, urceolate; ovary densely white-hairy.
Fruits
depressed-globose, 7-10 mm diam., sparsely hairy.
Stones
distinct.
2
n
= 26.
Flowering winter-early spring. Maritime chaparral on sandy soils near coast; of conservation concern; 0-100 m; Calif.
Arctostaphylos morroensis
is known from the Morro Bay region in San Luis Obispo County.
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