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|accepted_name=Arctostaphylos purissima
|accepted_authority=P. V. Wells
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Madroño
|place=19: 195. 1968 ,
}}
|common_names=La Purissima manzanita
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Arbutoideae;Arctostaphylos;Arctostaphylos purissima
|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 purissima]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 413
|treatment_page=page 434
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> erect, 1–4 m; burl absent; twigs densely short-hairy with longer hairs. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole to 2 mm; blade bright green, shiny, orbiculate-ovate to ± orbiculate, 1–2.5 × 1–2 cm, base auriculate-clasping, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> racemes, simple or 1–2-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, (branches dense, concealed by bracts), axis 0.5–1 cm, 1+ mm diam., densely short-hairy with longer hairs; bracts not appressed, (overlapping), leaflike, ovate to lanceolate-ovate, 5–8 mm, apex acute, surfaces glabrous. <b>Pedicels</b> 3–5 mm, sparsely hairy or 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 spring.
|habitat=Maritime chaparral on deep, sandy soils
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Calif.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p>Arctostaphylos purissima is known from hills and mesas near the coast (Burton Mesa) in Santa Barbara County.</p>
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name=Arctostaphylos purissima
|author=
|authority=P. V. Wells
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering winter–early spring.
|habitat=Maritime chaparral on deep, sandy soils
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=None
|publication title=Madroño
|publication year=
|special status=
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|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Arbutoideae
|genus=Arctostaphylos
|species=Arctostaphylos purissima
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