Arctostaphylos purissima
Arctostaphylos purissima | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Arctostaphylos |
Species: | A. purissima
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Binomial name | |
Arctostaphylos purissima P.V.Wells
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Arctostaphylos purissima is a species of manzanita known by the common name La Purisima manzanita.
Distribution
The plant is endemic to western Santa Barbara County, California, including in the Santa Ynez Mountains and near Lompoc and the location of Mission La Purísima Concepción.
It is a plant of the Coastal sage scrub chaparral habitats, on sandstone soils.
Description
Arctostaphylos purissima is a shrub reaching at least 1 metre (3.3 ft) in height, and known to exceed 4 metres (13 ft) tall. It varies in shape from low and spreading to tall and erect.
It is coated in long, white bristles and a dense foliage of shiny, hairless green leaves. Each leaf is round to oval in shape and smooth along the edges, and up to 2.5 centimeters long.
The inflorescence is a hanging cluster of spherical to urn-shaped manzanita flowers each about half a centimeter long.
The fruit is a hairless drupe between one half and one centimeter wide.
References
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment - Arctostaphylos purissima
- USDA Plants Profile: Arctostaphylos purissima
- Arctostaphylos purissima - Photo gallery
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- NatureServe imperiled species
- Articles with 'species' microformats
- Commons category link is on Wikidata
- Arctostaphylos
- Endemic flora of California
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of Santa Barbara County, California
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Santa Ynez Mountains
- Plants described in 1968
- All stub articles
- Ericaceae stubs