familyEricaceae
subfamilyEricaceae subfam. Arbutoideae
genusArctostaphylos
speciesArctostaphylos crustacea
subspeciesArctostaphylos crustacea subsp. crinita
Arctostaphylos crustacea subsp. crinita
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Basionym: Arctostaphylos tomentosa var. crinita J. E. Adams in H. McMinn, Man. Calif. Shrubs, 412, fig. 481. 1939
Synonyms: Arctostaphylos crustacea var. tomentosiformis J. E. Adams Arctostaphylos crustacea var. trichoclada (de Candolle) Munz Arctostaphylos tomentosa subsp. crinita (J. E. Adams) Gankin Arctostaphylos tomentosa var. tomentosiformis (J. E. Adams) Munz
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 441.
Twigs densely short-hairy and with longer, white hairs. Leaf blade surfaces densely short-hairy abaxially (and sometimes adaxially). Immature inflorescence axes glabrous or hairy, sometimes glandular (not densely glandular-hairy). Ovaries densely hairy.
Phenology: Flowering winter–early spring.
Habitat: Maritime chaparral and open conifer forests
Elevation: 300-500 m
Discussion
Subspecies crinita occurs in the central and southern Santa Cruz Mountains, and also the interior uplands of Monterey Bay, outer Central Coast Range.
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Lower Taxa
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