Arctostaphylos otayensis Wiesl. & B.Schreib.

Otay manzanita (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Arctostaphylos

Characteristics

Shrubs, erect or mound-forming, 1-3 m; burl absent; twigs sparsely short-hairy, glandular-hairy. Leaves erect; petiole 5-8 mm; blade gray-glaucous, dull, narrowly elliptic or oblong-elliptic to ovate, 2-3 × 1-2 cm, base rounded or truncate, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, finely appressed-tomentose, ± glabrescent. Inflorescences panicles, 4-7-branched; immature inflorescence branches ascending to erect, axis 1.5-2.5 cm, 1+ mm diam., sparsely short glandular-hairy; bracts not appressed, (spreading), leaflike, linear-lanceolate, 6-12 mm, apex acuminate, surfaces finely glandular-hairy. Pedicels 3-8 mm, finely glandular-hairy. Flowers: corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary densely white-hairy, sparsely glandular. Fruits globose, 6-8 mm diam., sparsely hairy or glabrous. Stones partially distinct or connate. 2n = 26.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-6
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Images

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Distribution

Arctostaphylos otayensis world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17859-2
WFO ID wfo-0000543628
COL ID GBP5
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Synonyms

Arctostaphylos otayensis