Arctostaphylos pumila Nutt.

Sandmat manzanita (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Arctostaphylos

Characteristics

Shrubs, prostrate or mound-forming, 0.1-1 m; burl absent; twigs short gray-hairy. Leaves bifacial in stomatal distribution; petiole 2-3 mm; blade dull gray abaxially, dark green, ± shiny adaxially, narrowly obovate to oblanceolate, (convex), 1-2 × 0.5-1.5 cm, base cuneate, margins (tinged with red), entire, ± cupped, abaxial surface smooth, densely gray-tomentose, adaxial surface smooth, sparsely puberulent. Inflorescences racemes, simple or 1-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, axis 0.3-0.5 cm, 1+ mm diam., short gray-hairy; bracts not appressed, scalelike (proximalmost leaflike), lanceolate or oblanceolate, 2-3 mm, apex acute to mucronate, surfaces hairy or glabrous. Pedicels 3-4 mm, hairy. Flowers: corolla white, urceolate; ovary white-hairy or ± glabrous. Fruits globose, 5-6 mm diam., sparsely hairy or glabrous. Stones distinct. 2n = 26.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.65
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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

Uses beverage
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Images

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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17884-2
WFO ID wfo-0000543664
COL ID GBPN
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Synonyms

Arctostaphylos pumila Uva-ursi pumila Daphnidostaphylis pumila Arctostaphylos uva-ursi subsp. pumila Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. pumila