familyEricaceae
subfamilyEricaceae subfam. Arbutoideae
genusComarostaphylis
speciesComarostaphylis diversifolia
Comarostaphylis diversifolia subsp. diversifolia
Conservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 402.
Leaf blades narrowly ovate to ovate or elliptic, 3–12.8 × 1–4.2 cm, (to 14.9 × 8.1 cm on sucker shoots), margins usually strongly revolute. Inflorescences 3.5–8 cm, usually gray-tomentose, rarely with glandular hairs; floral bracts lanceolate-linear to lanceolate-ovate, nearly plane to subnavicular, 2–7 mm. Pedicels 4–8.5 mm. Sepals rarely glandular.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–Jun; fruiting (Mar-)Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Chaparral with Arctostaphylos glandulosa, Cercocarpus sp., Cupressus sp., Heteromeles arbutifolia, Quercus sp., Rhus integrifolia, and Xylococcus bicolor
Elevation: 0-600 m
Distribution
Calif., Mexico (Baja California).
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Subspecies diversifolia occurs in Orange and San Diego counties, and in the mountains of Baja California.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
... more about "Comarostaphylis diversifolia subsp. diversifolia"
Chaparral with Arctostaphylos glandulosa, Cercocarpus sp., Cupressus sp., Heteromeles arbutifolia, Quercus sp., Rhus integrifolia, and Xylococcus bicolor +
Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. +
1889 +
Conservation concern +
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