Arctostaphylos hooveri P.V.Wells

Hoover's manzanita (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Arctostaphylos

Characteristics

Shrubs or trees, erect, 2-8 m; burl absent; twigs densely fine-hairy, with long, white, gland-tipped hairs. Leaves: petiole 3-6 mm; blade glaucous, dull, oblong to ovate, 4-6 × 2-3 cm, base lobed, auriculate, (not clasping), margins entire, plane, surfaces papillate, scabrous, glandular-hairy, ± glabrescent. Inflorescences panicles, 4-6-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, (concealed by bracts), axis 1.5-2.5 cm, 1+ mm diam., densely fine-hairy with long, white, gland-tipped hairs; bracts not appressed, leaflike, lanceolate, 8-20 mm, apex acuminate, surfaces glandular-hairy. Pedicels 8-15 mm, finely glandular-hairy. Flowers: corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary finely glandular-hairy. Fruits depressed-globose, 6-10 mm diam., glandular-hairy, (viscid). Stones distinct. 2n = 26.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 8.0
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Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-6
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Images

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Distribution

Arctostaphylos hooveri world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17811-2
WFO ID wfo-0000543556
COL ID GBMS
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Synonyms

Arctostaphylos hooveri