Arctostaphylos regismontana

Eastwood

Leafl. W. Bot. 1: 77. 1933 ,.

Common names: Kings Mountain manzanita
EndemicConservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 433. Mentioned on page 414.

Shrubs or trees, erect, 2–5 m; burl absent; twigs densely glandular-hairy. Leaves: petiole to 3 mm; blade pale gray-green, dull, oblong-ovate, (boatshaped, tip curved up), 3–6 × 2–3 cm, base auriculate-clasping, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth or ± finely scabrous, glandular-hairy, glabrescent, (viscid). Inflorescences panicles, 4–6-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, (branches congested), axis 1.5–2 cm, 1+ mm diam., densely long-glandular-hairy; bracts not appressed, leaflike, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 5–12 mm, apex acute, surfaces glandular-hairy. Pedicels 6–10 mm, finely glandular-hairy. Flowers: corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary finely glandular-hairy. Fruits depressed-globose, 6–8 mm diam., finely glandular-hairy. Stones distinct. 2n = 26.


Phenology: Flowering winter–early spring.
Habitat: Chaparral, margins of open forests
Elevation: 100-600 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Arctostaphylos regismontana is found in the vicinity of Kings Mountain in San Mateo County.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"entire" is not a number.

V. Thomas Parker +, Michael C. Vasey +  and Jon E. Keeley +
Eastwood +
long-glandular-hairy +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
not furrowed +
gray +  and reddish +
persistent +
exfoliating +
auriculate-clasping +
pale gray-green +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
oblong-ovate +
coriaceous +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
not imbricate +  and imbricate +
hue +, light-brown +  and tan +
persistent +
oblong-lanceolate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Kings Mountain manzanita +
rotate to crateriform campanulate cylindric globose or urceolate +
conic;urceolate +
brown +, reddish-brown +  and red +
depressed-globose +  and globose +
100-600 m +
undifferentiated +
fusiform +
stonelike +
indehiscent +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
glandular-hairy +
depressed-globose +
Chaparral, margins of open forests +
multicellular +
opposite +, whorled +  and alternate +
pubescence +  and color +
persistent +
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
glandular-hairy +
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 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Flowering winter–early spring. +
4-5-carpellate +
Leafl. W. Bot. +
not +  and connate +
tan;yellowish-brown or brown +
connate +  and distinct +
globose +
persistent +
distinct +
ovate +  and deltate +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
prostrate +  and erect +
hairy +  and glabrous +
peltate +  and capitate +
distinct +
straight +
glandular-hairy +, glabrescent +, scabrous +  and smooth +
Undefined tribe Arbuteae +
Arctostaphylos regismontana +
Arctostaphylos +
species +
glandular-hairy +
achlorophyllous +  and chlorophyllous +
evergreen +, deciduous +  and perennial +
tree +  and shrub +
heterotrophic +, autotrophic +  and mycotrophic +