Biology:Arctostaphylos pilosula

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Arctostaphylos pilosula
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Imperiled (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Arctostaphylos
Species:
A. pilosula
Binomial name
Arctostaphylos pilosula
Jeps. & Wies. ex Jeps.

Arctostaphylos pilosula is a species of manzanita, known by the common names La Panza manzanita and Santa Margarita manzanita, that is endemic to California .[2][3]

Its common names comes from populations on the La Panza Range, near the town of Santa Margarita.[2]

Distribution

The plant is endemic San Luis Obispo County, found in three areas: the La Panza Range, the east slope of the Santa Lucia Mountains near Atascadero, and in the San Luis Range near Pismo Beach.[2]

It grows in chaparral and closed-cone pine forest habitatss, on shale and sandstone outcrops and slopes. It is found at elevations of 30–1,250 metres (98–4,101 ft).[2][3]

Description

Arctostaphylos pilosula is an erect and bristly shrub growing 1–5 metres (3.3–16.4 ft) in height.[2][3]

The leaves are a round, oval shape and dull and hairless in texture. They grow up to 3 centimetres (1.2 in) long.[3]

The shrub blooms in spherical white inflorescences of cone-shaped and downward facing "manzanita" flowers, each just under 1 centimetre (0.39 in) long. Its bloom period is December to March.[3]

The fruit is a reddish-brown drupe about a centimeter wide, that ripen in the summer.[3]

Conservation

The species is listed on the California Native Plant Society Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants as a fairly endangered and vulnerable species.[4]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4787694 entry