Biology:Arctostaphylos nissenana
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Arctostaphylos nissenana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Arctostaphylos |
| Species: | A. nissenana
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| Binomial name | |
| Arctostaphylos nissenana Merriam
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Arctostaphylos nissenana is a species of manzanita known by the common name Nissenana manzanita. It is endemic to California , where it grows in the woodlands and chaparral of the Sierra Nevada foothills, mostly in El Dorado County.
Description
Arctostaphylos nissenana is a shrub reaching a maximum height between one half and 1.5 meters, with gray bark and fuzzy twigs. The leaves are grayish in color, smooth or fuzzy, oval in shape, and 1 to 2 centimeters long. It blooms in plentiful small clusters of urn-shaped manzanita flowers, each with five lobes at its mouth. The fruit is a cylindrical drupe a few centimeters long which contains five seeds.
References
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4787683 entry
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