familyEricaceae
subfamilyEricaceae subfam. Arbutoideae
genusArctostaphylos
speciesArctostaphylos glandulosa
Arctostaphylos glandulosa subsp. gabrielensis
Madroño 54: 60. 2007,.
Common names: San Gabriel manzanita
Basionym: Arctostaphylos gabrielensis P. V. Wells Four Seasons 9(2): 46. 1992
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Twigs sparsely short-hairy, not glandular-hairy. Leaf blades dark green to moderately gray-green, base cuneate to rounded, surfaces smooth, sparsely puberulent, glabrescent. Inflorescences: immature inflorescence axis densely white-hairy; bracts densely white-hairy. Pedicels densely white-hairy. Ovaries densely white-hairy. Fruits slightly depressed-globose. Stones mostly connate into single, sometimes weakly connate sphere.
Phenology: Flowering winter–early spring.
Habitat: Chaparral
Elevation: 1300-1500 m
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Subspecies gabrielensis is known from the central and western Transverse Range in Los Angeles and San Bernadino counties.
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
None.