Arctostaphylos regismontana

Eastwood

Leafl. W. Bot. 1: 77. 1933 ,.

Common names: Kings Mountain manzanita
EndemicConservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 433. Mentioned on page 414.

Shrubs or trees, erect, 2–5 m; burl absent; twigs densely glandular-hairy. Leaves: petiole to 3 mm; blade pale gray-green, dull, oblong-ovate, (boat-shaped, tip curved up), 3–6 × 2–3 cm, base auriculate-clasping, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth or ± finely scabrous, glandular-hairy, glabrescent, (viscid). Inflorescences panicles, 4–6-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, (branches congested), axis 1.5–2 cm, 1+ mm diam., densely long glandular-hairy; bracts not appressed, leaflike, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 5–12 mm, apex acute, surfaces glandular-hairy. Pedicels 6–10 mm, finely glandular-hairy. Flowers: corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary finely glandular-hairy. Fruits depressed-globose, 6–8 mm diam., finely glandular-hairy. Stones distinct. 2n = 26.


Phenology: Flowering winter–early spring.
Habitat: Chaparral, margins of open forests
Elevation: 100-600 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Arctostaphylos regismontana is found in the vicinity of Kings Mountain in San Mateo County.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
V. Thomas Parker +, Michael C. Vasey +  and Jon E. Keeley +
Eastwood +
Kings Mountain manzanita +
100-600 m +
Chaparral, margins of open forests +
Flowering winter–early spring. +
Leafl. W. Bot. +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
Undefined tribe Arbuteae +
Arctostaphylos regismontana +
Arctostaphylos +
species +