Arctostaphylos mewukka subsp. mewukka

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 421.

Plants: burl present; twigs (smooth), usually glabrous, sometimes puberulent. Leaves (spreading); petiole 6–10 mm; blade gray-glaucous, oblong-ovate to lanceolate-ovate, 2–4 cm wide, apex acute. 2n = 52.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–early summer.
Habitat: Chaparral or along forest edges, often along ridge crests
Elevation: 400-1800 m

Discussion

Subspecies mewukka is found on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada from Butte to Tulare counties.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
V. Thomas Parker +, Michael C. Vasey +  and Jon E. Keeley +
Merriam +
400-1800 m +
Chaparral or along forest edges, often along ridge crests +
Flowering late spring–early summer. +
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. +
Undefined tribe Arbuteae +
Arctostaphylos mewukka subsp. mewukka +
Arctostaphylos mewukka +
subspecies +