Biology:Arctostaphylos mendocinoensis

From HandWiki
Revision as of 18:32, 3 August 2022 by imported>MainAI5 (add)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Short description: Species of flowering plant

Arctostaphylos mendocinoensis
Arctomendocinoensis.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Arctostaphylos
Species:
A. mendocinoensis
Binomial name
Arctostaphylos mendocinoensis
P.V.Wells

Arctostaphylos mendocinoensis is a species of manzanita known by the common name Pygmy manzanita. It is endemic to Mendocino County, California and Sonoma County, California, where it is known from only one occurrence in the pygmy forests along the coastline.

Description

This is a small, mat-forming shrub growing in low mounds less than half a meter tall. It has red, shreddy bark and bristles along its smaller branches. The leaves are dark green, shiny, convex, and hairless, and rarely more than a centimeter long. The inflorescence is a dense cluster of urn-shaped flowers with four tiny lobes at the mouth. The fruit is a cylindrical drupe only a few millimeters long, containing four minute seeds.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4787675 entry