Arctostaphylos manzanita subsp. wieslanderi

P. V. Wells

Madroño 19: 201. 1968 ,.

Common names: Wieslander’s manzanita
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 438. Mentioned on page 437.

Plants killed by fire; burl absent; twigs glandular-hairy. Leaf-blades dull green, not glaucous, scabrous, glandular-hairy. Inflorescences: axis 1 mm diam. Ovaries glabrous. Fruits glabrous. Stones distinct.


Phenology: Flowering early–late spring.
Habitat: Upper foothill woodlands, open conifer forests
Elevation: 600-1500 m

Discussion

Subspecies wieslanderi occurs at middle elevations of the North Coast Range, southern Cascades, and northern Sierra Nevada (i.e., surrounding northern end of Sacramento Valley). Overlapping the elevational range of Arctostaphylos patula, it could be confused with that species.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"entire" is not a number.

acuminate +  and mucronate +
V. Thomas Parker +, Michael C. Vasey +  and Jon E. Keeley +
P. V. Wells +
not viscid +
glandular-hairy +, short-hairy +  and glabrous +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
not furrowed +
gray +  and reddish +
persistent +
exfoliating +
rounded;more or less cuneate +
bright green +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
dull +  and shiny +
oblong-ovate;obovate +
coriaceous +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
not imbricate +  and imbricate +
hue +, light-brown +  and tan +
persistent +
deltate +  and scale-like +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
globose +
Wieslander’s manzanita +
rotate to crateriform campanulate cylindric globose or urceolate +
conic;urceolate +
brown +, reddish-brown +  and red +
depressed-globose +  and globose +
600-1500 m +
undifferentiated +
fusiform +
stonelike +
indehiscent +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
depressed-globose +
Upper foothill woodlands, open conifer forests +
multicellular +
glandular-hairy +  and not glaucous +
opposite +, whorled +  and alternate +
pubescence +  and color +
persistent +
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
reduced +
not sticky +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 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 +
distinct +
straight +
sparsely hairy +  and finely glandular-hairy +
Undefined tribe Arbuteae +
Arctostaphylos manzanita subsp. wieslanderi +
Arctostaphylos manzanita +
subspecies +
glandular-hairy +
achlorophyllous +  and chlorophyllous +
evergreen +, deciduous +  and perennial +
heterotrophic +, autotrophic +  and mycotrophic +