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|accepted_name=Arctostaphylos viridissima
|accepted_authority=(Eastwood) McMinn
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Man. Calif. Shrubs,
|place=419. 1939 ,
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|common_names=Whitehair manzanita
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Arctostaphylos pechoensis var. viridissima
|authority=Eastwood
|rank=variety
|publication_title=Leafl. W. Bot.
|publication_place=1: 62. 1933
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Arbutoideae;Arctostaphylos;Arctostaphylos viridissima
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Arbutoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Arctostaphylos]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Arctostaphylos viridissima]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 413
|treatment_page=page 433
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> erect, 1–4 m; burl absent; twigs short-hairy with longer, white hairs. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 1–4 mm; blade dark green, shiny, narrowly ovate to oblong-ovate, 2–3.5 × 1.5–2.5 cm, base truncate to ± auriculate-clasping, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, puberulent, glabrescent. <b>Inflorescences</b> racemes, simple or 1-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, (branches ± concealed by bracts), axis 1–1.5 cm, 1+ mm diam., short-hairy with long, white hairs; bracts not appressed, (crowded), leaflike, lanceolate, 6–10 mm, apex acute, surfaces lightly hairy. <b>Pedicels</b> 2–3 mm, sparsely hairy. <b>Flowers</b>: corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary densely white-hairy. <b>Fruits</b> subglobose, 10–15 mm diam., sparsely hairy or glabrous. <b>Stones</b> distinct. <b>2n</b> = 26.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering winter–early spring.
|habitat=Island chaparral, open forests
|elevation=100-600 m
|distribution=Calif.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p><i>Arctostaphylos viridissima</i> is known from siliceous shale on the eastern part of Santa Cruz Island.</p>
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name=Arctostaphylos viridissima
|authority=(Eastwood) McMinn
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Arctostaphylos pechoensis var. viridissima
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering winter–early spring.
|habitat=Island chaparral, open forests
|elevation=100-600 m
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=None
|publication title=Man. Calif. Shrubs,
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_833.xml
|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Arbutoideae
|genus=Arctostaphylos
|species=Arctostaphylos viridissima
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