Difference between revisions of "Arctostaphylos montana"
Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, 1: 83. 1897,.
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Shrubs, erect, prostrate, or mound-forming, 0.1–2 m; burl absent; twigs densely white short-hairy. Leaves: petiole 2–6 mm; blade dark green, shiny, orbiculate-elliptic to elliptic, 1–2.5 × 1–1.5 cm, base rounded to cuneate, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, puberulent, glabrescent. Inflorescences panicles, 1–3-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, (branches compact), axis 0.5–1.5 cm, 1+ mm diam., densely white short-hairy; bracts tightly appressed, scalelike, ovate, 2–5 mm, apex acuminate, surfaces glabrous. Pedicels 3–6 mm, glabrous. Flowers: corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary glabrous. Fruits globose, 4–8 mm diam., glabrous. Stones distinct.
Distribution
wc Calif.
Discussion
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Key
| 1 | Fruits 6-8 mm diam.; plants mound-forming or erect; leaf blades orbiculate-elliptic to elliptic, 1-2.5 × 1-1.5 cm; young twigs white-tomentose. | Arctostaphylos montana subsp. montana |
| 1 | Fruits 4-5 mm diam.; plants prostrate; leaf blades orbiculate-elliptic, 1-2 × 1-1.5 cm; young twigs gray-tomentose. | Arctostaphylos montana subsp. ravenii |