Arctostaphylos pilosula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Arctostaphylos |
Species: | A. pilosula
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Binomial name | |
Arctostaphylos pilosula |
Arctostaphylos pilosula is a species of manzanita, known by the common names La Panza manzanita and Santa Margarita manzanita, that is endemic to California. [2] [3]
Its common names comes from populations on the La Panza Range, near the town of Santa Margarita. [2]
The plant is endemic San Luis Obispo County, found in three areas: the La Panza Range, the east slope of the Santa Lucia Mountains near Atascadero, and in the San Luis Range near Pismo Beach. [2]
It grows in chaparral and closed-cone pine forest habitatss, on shale and sandstone outcrops and slopes. It is found at elevations of 30–1,250 metres (98–4,101 ft). [2] [3]
Arctostaphylos pilosula is an erect and bristly shrub growing 1–5 metres (3.3–16.4 ft) in height. [2] [3]
The leaves are a round, oval shape and dull and hairless in texture. They grow up to 3 centimetres (1.2 in) long. [3]
The shrub blooms in spherical white inflorescences of cone-shaped and downward facing "manzanita" flowers, each just under 1 centimetre (0.39 in) long. Its bloom period is December to March. [3]
The fruit is a reddish-brown drupe about a centimeter wide, that ripen in the summer. [3]
The species is listed on the California Native Plant Society Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants as a fairly endangered and vulnerable species. [4]
Arctostaphylos pilosula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Arctostaphylos |
Species: | A. pilosula
|
Binomial name | |
Arctostaphylos pilosula |
Arctostaphylos pilosula is a species of manzanita, known by the common names La Panza manzanita and Santa Margarita manzanita, that is endemic to California. [2] [3]
Its common names comes from populations on the La Panza Range, near the town of Santa Margarita. [2]
The plant is endemic San Luis Obispo County, found in three areas: the La Panza Range, the east slope of the Santa Lucia Mountains near Atascadero, and in the San Luis Range near Pismo Beach. [2]
It grows in chaparral and closed-cone pine forest habitatss, on shale and sandstone outcrops and slopes. It is found at elevations of 30–1,250 metres (98–4,101 ft). [2] [3]
Arctostaphylos pilosula is an erect and bristly shrub growing 1–5 metres (3.3–16.4 ft) in height. [2] [3]
The leaves are a round, oval shape and dull and hairless in texture. They grow up to 3 centimetres (1.2 in) long. [3]
The shrub blooms in spherical white inflorescences of cone-shaped and downward facing "manzanita" flowers, each just under 1 centimetre (0.39 in) long. Its bloom period is December to March. [3]
The fruit is a reddish-brown drupe about a centimeter wide, that ripen in the summer. [3]
The species is listed on the California Native Plant Society Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants as a fairly endangered and vulnerable species. [4]