Arctostaphylos glutinosa

Taxobox
name = "Arctostaphylos glutinosa"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Ericaceae
genus = "Arctostaphylos"
species = "A. glutinosa"
binomial = "Arctostaphylos glutinosa"
binomial_authority = Schreib.

"Arctostaphylos glutinosa" is a species of manzanita known by the common name Schreiber's manzanita. It is endemic to Santa Cruz County, California, where it is known from only a few occurrences on the western slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains. It grows in the chaparral of the limestone and diatomaceous shale ridges on the coastline. This is a bristly, glandular shrub reaching heights between 1 and 2 meters. The leaves are greenish gray, densely packed and clasping on the branches. They are up to 5 centimeters long, dull in texture and fuzzy to woolly, with mostly smooth edges except for some teeth near the bases. The inflorescences are dense with urn-shaped flowers with reddish resin glands inside. The fruit is a hairy red drupe coated in sticky resin.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3449,3454,3478 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ARGL5 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.elkhornsloughctp.org/factsheet/factsheet.php?SPECIES_ID=52 Local Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Arctostaphylos+glandulosa Photo gallery]