familyEricaceae
subfamilyEricaceae subfam. Arbutoideae
genusArctostaphylos
speciesArctostaphylos montana
subspeciesArctostaphylos montana subsp. montana
Arctostaphylos montana subsp. montana
Common names: Mount Tamalpais manzanita
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 436.
Shrubs mound-forming or erect, 0.5–2 m; young twigs densely white-tomentose. Leaf-blades orbiculate-elliptic to elliptic, 1–2.5 × 1–1.5 cm. Fruits 6–8 mm diam. 2n = 52.
Phenology: Flowering late spring.
Habitat: Chaparral on upland serpentine barrens
Elevation: 300-800 m
Discussion
Subspecies montana is found on and around Mount Tamalpais, Marin County.
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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absent +
hypogynous +
dehiscent +
inverted +
acuminate +
white +
short-hairy +
not furrowed +
persistent +
flaky +
exfoliating +
rounded;cuneate +
orbiculate-elliptic to elliptic +
dark green +
shiny +
ovate;elliptic +
coriaceous +
leaflike +
persistent +
appressed +
much shorter +
absent +
apart +
clustered +
spread +
absent +
Mount Tamalpais manzanita +
aromatic +
absent +
white +
deciduous +
absent +
rotate to crateriform campanulate cylindric globose or urceolate +
conic;urceolate +
Calif. +
straight +
undifferentiated +
fusiform +
minute +
stonelike +
stony +
cellular +
abundant +
fleshy +
radial +
distinct +
dilated +
symmetric +
pendulous +
bisexual +
drupaceous +
indehiscent +
glabrous +
globose +
multicellular +
absent +
absent +
immature +
pendent +
1-3-branched +
developing +
5-20(-50)-flowered +
developing +
1cm;1.5cm +
bifacial +
persistent +
cauline +
much shorter +
plane +
revolute +
absent +
furrowed +
2-10-locular +
axile +
superior +
glabrous +
lobed +
anatropous +
fascicles +
glabrous +
hypogynous +
absent +
white;pink +
connate +
absent +
reduced +
not sticky +
absent +
4-5-carpellate +
solid +
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1889 +
not winged +
tan;yellowish-brown or brown +
1;10 +
globose +
persistent +
distinct +
absent +
connate +
single +
included +
capitate +
5-lobed +
absent +
distinct +
hollow +
straight +
declinate +
Arctostaphylos montana subsp. montana +
Arctostaphylos montana +
subspecies +
thin +
white +
young +
white-tomentose +