Arctostaphylos canescens
Arctostaphylos canescens | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Arctostaphylos |
Species: | A. canescens
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Binomial name | |
Arctostaphylos canescens |
Arctostaphylos canescens, common name hoary manzanita, is a species of manzanita.
Distribution[]
Arctostaphylos canescens is native to the coastal mountain ranges of southwestern Oregon and northern California, where it grows in forest and chaparral plant communities.
Description[]
The Arctostaphylos canescens is a shrub varying in shape from short and matted to spreading up to 2 meters (6.6 ft) in height. Smaller branches and twigs are hairy to woolly. The smooth-edged leaves are oval in shape and pointed at the tip, woolly to rough and waxy, and up to 5 centimeters long.
The plant blooms in dense inflorescences of whitish, urn-shaped manzanita flowers which are woolly inside. The fruit is a hairy drupe 0.5 to 1 centimeter wide.
External links[]
- Jepson Manual Treatment - Arctostaphylos canescens
- USDA Plants Profile; Arctostaphylos canescens
- Arctostaphylos canescens - Photo gallery
Categories:
- Arctostaphylos
- Flora of California
- Flora of Oregon
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Plants described in 1897
- Ericaceae stubs