Arctostaphylos_mendocinoensis

<i>Arctostaphylos nummularia <span style="font-style:normal;">subsp.</span> mendocinoensis</i>

Arctostaphylos nummularia subsp. mendocinoensis

Species of flowering plant

Arctostaphylos nummularia subsp. mendocinoensis, commonly known as pygmy manzanita, is a subspecies of manzanita. It is endemic to Mendocino County, California, where it is known from scattered occurrences in the pygmy forests near the coast.

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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.

References

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    "Arctostaphylos nummularia subsp. mendocinoensis (P.V.Wells) V.T.Parker, M.C.Vasey & J.E.Keeley". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-04-29.


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