Arctostaphylos viscida subsp. viscida

IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 423.

Twigs glabrous or sparsely short-hairy near inflorescence. Leaf-blades: margins entire, surfaces smooth, glabrous. Ovaries smooth, glabrous, not viscid. Fruits smooth, glabrous, not viscid. 2n = 26.


Phenology: Flowering winter–early spring.
Habitat: Chaparral, open forests
Elevation: 0-1400 m

Discussion

Subspecies viscida occurs in the western Sierra Nevada and North Coast Ranges of California, northward to southern Oregon.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"entire" is not a number.

acute +  and acuminate +
V. Thomas Parker +, Michael C. Vasey +  and Jon E. Keeley +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
not furrowed +
gray +  and reddish +
persistent +
exfoliating +
lobed;truncate;lobed;truncate;rounded +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
white-glaucous +
ovate;more or less orbiculate +
coriaceous +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
not imbricate +  and imbricate +
hue +, light-brown +  and tan +
persistent +
deltate +  and scale-like +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
rotate to crateriform campanulate cylindric globose or urceolate +
conic;urceolate +
Calif. +  and Oreg. +
brown +, reddish-brown +  and red +
depressed-globose +  and globose +
0-1400 m +
undifferentiated +
fusiform +
stonelike +
not viscid +
indehiscent +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
depressed-globose +
Chaparral, open forests +
multicellular +
ascending +  and pendent +
opposite +, whorled +  and alternate +
pubescence +  and color +
persistent +
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
not viscid +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
glandular-hairy +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
reduced +
not sticky +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Flowering winter–early spring. +
4-5-carpellate +
Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. +
not +  and connate +
tan;yellowish-brown or brown +
connate +  and distinct +
globose +
persistent +
distinct +
ovate +  and deltate +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
prostrate +  and erect +
hairy +  and glabrous +
peltate +  and capitate +
distinct +
straight +
smooth-papillate +
Undefined tribe Arbuteae +
Arctostaphylos viscida subsp. viscida +
Arctostaphylos viscida +
subspecies +
short-hairy +  and glabrous +
achlorophyllous +  and chlorophyllous +
evergreen +, deciduous +  and perennial +
heterotrophic +, autotrophic +  and mycotrophic +