Arctostaphylos canescens
Species of flowering plant
| Arctostaphylos canescens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Arctostaphylos |
| Species: | A. canescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Arctostaphylos canescens Eastw. | |
Arctostaphylos canescens, common name hoary manzanita, is a species of manzanita.
Distribution
Arctostaphylos canescens is native to the coastal mountain ranges of southwestern Oregon and northern California, where it grows in forest and chaparral plant communities.
Description
The Arctostaphylos canescens is a shrub varying in shape from short and matted to spreading up to 2 meters (6.6 ft) in height. Smaller branches and twigs are hairy to woolly. The smooth-edged leaves are oval in shape and pointed at the tip, woolly to rough and waxy, and up to 5 centimeters long.
The plant blooms in dense inflorescences of whitish, urn-shaped manzanita flowers which are woolly inside. The fruit is a hairy drupe 0.5 to 1 centimeter wide.
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment - Arctostaphylos canescens
- USDA Plants Profile; Arctostaphylos canescens
- Arctostaphylos canescens - Photo gallery
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Extant Arbutoideae subfamily species
- Arbutus andrachne
- Arbutus arizonica
- Arbutus canariensis
- Arbutus glandulosa
- Arbutus madrensis
- Arbutus menziesii
- Arbutus occidentalis
- Arbutus pavarii
- Arbutus peninsularis
- Arbutus tessellata
- Arbutus unedo
- Arbutus xalapensis
- Arctous alpina
- Arctous rubra
- Comarostaphylis arbutoides
- Comarostaphylis discolor
- Comarostaphylis diversifolia
- Comarostaphylis glaucescens
- Comarostaphylis lanata
- Comarostaphylis longifolia
- Comarostaphylis mucronata
- Comarostaphylis polifolia
- Comarostaphylis sharpii
- Comarostaphylis spinulosa
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