Arctostaphylos crustacea subsp. crinita

(J. E. Adams) V. T. Parker

Madroño 54: 152. 2007,.

Basionym: Arctostaphylos tomentosa var. crinita J. E. Adams in H. McMinn, Man. Calif. Shrubs, 412, fig. 481. 1939
Synonyms: Arctostaphylos crustacea var. tomentosiformis J. E. Adams Arctostaphylos crustacea var. trichoclada (de Candolle) Munz Arctostaphylos tomentosa subsp. crinita (J. E. Adams) Gankin Arctostaphylos tomentosa var. tomentosiformis (J. E. Adams) Munz
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 441.

Twigs densely short-hairy and with longer, white hairs. Leaf-blade surfaces densely short-hairy abaxially (and sometimes adaxially). Immature inflorescence axes glabrous or hairy, sometimes glandular (not densely glandular-hairy). Ovaries densely hairy.


Phenology: Flowering winter–early spring.
Habitat: Maritime chaparral and open conifer forests
Elevation: 300-500 m

Discussion

Subspecies crinita occurs in the central and southern Santa Cruz Mountains, and also the interior uplands of Monterey Bay, outer Central Coast Range.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"entire" is not a number.

acute +, deltate +  and lanceolate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
V. Thomas Parker +, Michael C. Vasey +  and Jon E. Keeley +
(J. E. Adams) V. T. Parker +
eglandular +, long-hairy +  and glandular +
short-hairy +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
not furrowed +
gray +  and reddish +
persistent +
exfoliating +
truncate;more or less lobed +
Arctostaphylos tomentosa var. crinita +
dark green +  and light green +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
shiny +  and dull +
oblong-ovate;oblong-lanceolate +
coriaceous +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
not imbricate +  and imbricate +
hue +, light-brown +  and tan +
persistent +
lanceolate +, ovate +, deltate +, keeled +  and scale-like +
rotate to crateriform campanulate cylindric globose or urceolate +
conic;urceolate +
brown +, reddish-brown +  and red +
depressed-globose +  and globose +
300-500 m +
undifferentiated +
fusiform +
stonelike +
indehiscent +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
hairy +  and glabrous +
depressed-globose +
Maritime chaparral and open conifer forests +
multicellular +
hairy +  and glabrous +
ascending +  and pendent +
opposite +, whorled +  and alternate +
pubescence +  and color +
persistent +
tomentose +, or +, glabrous +  and smooth +
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
short-hairy +  and glabrous +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
reduced +
not sticky +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Flowering winter–early spring. +
4-5-carpellate +
not +  and connate +
tan;yellowish-brown or brown +
connate +  and distinct +
globose +
persistent +
distinct +
ovate +  and deltate +
prostrate +  and erect +
hairy +  and glabrous +
peltate +  and capitate +
distinct +
straight +
hairy +  and glabrous +
Arctostaphylos crustacea var. tomentosiformis +, Arctostaphylos crustacea var. trichoclada +, Arctostaphylos tomentosa subsp. crinita +  and Arctostaphylos tomentosa var. tomentosiformis +
Arctostaphylos crustacea subsp. crinita +
Arctostaphylos crustacea +
subspecies +
short-hairy +
achlorophyllous +  and chlorophyllous +
evergreen +, deciduous +  and perennial +
heterotrophic +, autotrophic +  and mycotrophic +