View source for Arctostaphylos pungens

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|accepted_name=Arctostaphylos pungens
|accepted_authority=Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp.
|place=3(fol.): 218
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|place=3(qto.): 278
}}{{Treatment/Publication
|title=plate
|place=259. 1819 ,
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|common_names=Pointleaf or Mexican manzanita
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Arctostaphylos benitoensis
|authority=Roof
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Arctostaphylos pseudopungens
|authority=Roof
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|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Arbutoideae;Arctostaphylos;Arctostaphylos pungens
|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 pungens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 411
|treatment_page=page 416
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> erect, 1–3 m; burl absent; bark on older stems persistent, reddish, smooth; twigs sparsely short-hairy. <b>Leaves</b> erect; petiole 4–8 mm; blade bright or dark green, shiny, elliptic to lanceolate-elliptic, 1.5–4 × 1–1.8 cm, base obtuse to cuneate, sometimes rounded, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, finely tomentose, glabrescent. <b>Inflorescences</b> racemes, simple or 1-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, axis 0.5–1.5 cm, 1+ mm diam., sparsely short-hairy; bracts recurved and crowded at tip, (light green), scalelike, ovate-deltate, (clublike), 2–4 mm, apex acuminate, surfaces glabrous. <b>Pedicels</b> 5–10 mm, glabrous. <b>Flowers</b>: corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary glabrous. <b>Fruits</b> depressed-globose, 5–8 mm diam., glabrous. <b>Stones</b> distinct. <b>2n</b> = 26.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering winter–early summer.
|habitat=Open pine forests, pinyon-juniper woodlands, chaparral
|elevation=300-2600 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Utah;Mexico.
|discussion=<p>Arctostaphylos pungens is one of the most widespread species in western North America, and extends south to Oaxaca, Mexico. In most western states, it is found in open pine forests and pinyon-juniper woodlands, generally at higher elevations. In California, it is a chaparral species that occurs in desert and peninsular ranges of southern California mountains and has three disjunct populations in central California in San Benito and Monterey counties. These disjunct populations have been given other names, A. benitoensis and A. pseudopungens, but overall populations are A. pungens.</p>
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name=Arctostaphylos pungens
|author=
|authority=Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Arctostaphylos benitoensis;Arctostaphylos pseudopungens
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering winter–early summer.
|habitat=Open pine forests, pinyon-juniper woodlands, chaparral
|elevation=300-2600 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Utah;Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp.;;plate
|publication year=;;
|special status=
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|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Arbutoideae
|genus=Arctostaphylos
|species=Arctostaphylos pungens
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