Arctostaphylos parryana subsp. tumescens

J. E. Keeley

Madroño 44: 264. 1998,.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 421.

Plants, erect, 1–2 m; burl present. Leaf-blades bright green, shiny. 2n = 52.


Phenology: Flowering early–late spring.
Habitat: Montane chaparral
Elevation: 2100-2300 m

Discussion

Subspecies tumescens is found in the eastern part of the Transverse Ranges in the eastern San Bernardino Mountains, San Bernardino County.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"entire" is not a number.

mucronate +
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J. E. Keeley +
short-hairy +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
not furrowed +
gray +  and reddish +
persistent +
exfoliating +
obtuse to truncate +
bright green +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
gray-glaucous +
dull +  and shiny +
oblong-ovate;wide-elliptic +
coriaceous +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
not imbricate +  and imbricate +
hue +, light-brown +  and tan +
persistent +
deltate +  and wide-ovate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
rotate to crateriform campanulate cylindric globose or urceolate +
conic;urceolate +
brown +, reddish-brown +  and red +
depressed-globose +  and globose +
2100-2300 m +
undifferentiated +
fusiform +
stonelike +
indehiscent +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
globose +
Montane chaparral +
multicellular +
opposite +, whorled +  and alternate +
pubescence +  and color +
persistent +
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
reduced +
not sticky +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Flowering early–late spring. +
4-5-carpellate +
not +  and connate +
tan;yellowish-brown or brown +
connate +  and distinct +
globose +
persistent +
distinct +
ovate +  and deltate +
prostrate +  and erect +
hairy +  and glabrous +
peltate +  and capitate +
straight +
glabrous +, puberulent +  and smooth +
Undefined tribe Arbuteae +
Arctostaphylos parryana subsp. tumescens +
Arctostaphylos parryana +
subspecies +
short-hairy +
achlorophyllous +  and chlorophyllous +
evergreen +, deciduous +  and perennial +
heterotrophic +, autotrophic +  and mycotrophic +