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Arctostaphylos hispidula

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Arbutoideae
Genus: Arctostaphylos
Subgenus: A. subg. Arctostaphylos

Sectio: A. sect. Arctostaphylos
Species: Arctostaphylos hispidula
Name

Arctostaphylos hispidula Howell, (1901).
Synonyms

Arctostaphylos hispidula var. viscosissima M.Peck
Arctostaphylos pungens subsp. hispidula (T.J.Howell) J.B.Roof
Arctostaphylos stanfordiana subsp. hispidula (J.T.Howell) J.E.Adams
Uva-ursi hispidula (Howell) A.A.Heller

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Arctostaphylos hispidula - Regional Parks Botanic Garden, Berkeley, CA - DSC04377

References
Primary references

Howell, T.J. 1897-1903. A Flora of Northwest America. Portland. 792 pp. BHL Reference page. : 4: 415–416.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Arctostaphylos hispidula. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 19. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Arctostaphylos hispidula in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Arctostaphylos hispidula. Published online. Accessed: Apr 19 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Arctostaphylos hispidula. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Apr 2020.

Vernacular names
English: Gasquet Manzanita

Arctostaphylos hispidula is a species of manzanita known by the common names Gasquet manzanita and Howell's manzanita. It is native to the coastal mountain ranges of southern Oregon and northern California, where it is an uncommon member of the serpentine soils flora and other mountain plant communities. This is a spreading or erect shrub reaching a maximum height between one and two meters. The twigs and foliage are bristly and glandular, the dark green leaves oval to broadly lance-shaped and up to 3 centimeters long. The shrub blooms in crowded inflorescences of urn-shaped flowers and produces whitish to tan colored drupes each 5 to 7 millimeters wide.

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