Arctostaphylos nevadensis
in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2: 27. 1878 ,.
Shrubs, prostrate or mound-forming, 0.1–0.5 m; burl absent or basal, sometimes epicormic; twigs sparsely short-hairy. Leaves: petiole 3–7 mm; blade bright green, shiny, obovate or oblanceolate, 1–3 × 1–1.5 cm, base cuneate, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, puberulent, glabrescent. Inflorescences racemes, simple or 1-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, (branches congested, globose), axis 0.5–1 cm, 1+ mm diam., sparsely short-hairy; bracts not appressed, (green), scalelike, linear or linear-lanceolate, mostly 2–3 mm (some near base leaflike, 5–10 mm), apex acuminate, mucronate, surfaces glabrous or sparsely hairy, rarely finely glandular-hairy. Pedicels 3–5 mm, glabrous. Flowers: corolla white, urceolate; ovary glabrous. Fruits (dark brown), globose, 6–8 mm diam., glabrous. Stones distinct.
Distribution
w United States.
Discussion
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Key
| 1 | Burls absent; plants killed by fire. | Arctostaphylos nevadensis subsp. nevadensis |
| 1 | Burls basal or epicormic; plants resprouting after fire. | Arctostaphylos nevadensis subsp. knightii |