Arctostaphylos hooveri
| Santa Lucia Manzanita | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Arctostaphylos |
| Species: | A. hooveri |
| Binomial name | |
| Arctostaphylos hooveri P.V. Wells | |
Arctostaphylos hooveri, the Santa Lucia Manzanita, is a plant species endemic to the Santa Lucia Mountains in Monterey County, California. It grows in woodlands and in chaparral scrub-land at elevations of 900-1200 m.[1]
Arctostaphylos hooveriis a shrub or tree up to 8 m tall. Leaves are egg-shaped, whitish with wax, up to 6 cm long. Flowers are white, conical to urn-shaped, in branched panicles. Fruits are spherical or nearly so, about 8 mm in diameter.[1][2][3][4]
References
- 1 2 Flora of North America v 8 p 433
- ↑ Wells, Philipp Vincent. 1961. A new manzanita from the Santa Lucia Range, California. Leaflets of Western Botany 9(9–10): 152–153.
- ↑ Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.
- ↑ David J. Keil. 2011. Lectotypification of Arctostaphylos hooveri (Ericaceae). Madroño 58(4):256-257.
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