Arctostaphylos pajaroensis

Taxobox
name = "Arctostaphylos pajaroensis"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Ericaceae
genus = "Arctostaphylos"
species = "A. pajaroensis"
binomial = "Arctostaphylos pajaroensis"
binomial_authority = (J.E.Adams ex McMinn) J.E.Adams

"Arctostaphylos pajaroensis" is a species of manzanita known by the common name Pajaro manzanita. It is endemic to California, where it is known mainly from Monterey County. Historical occurrences have been noted in Santa Cruz and far western San Benito Counties; these may no longer exist. Most of the extant populations are located in the hills south of the Pajaro River Valley. It is a member of the chaparral plant community. This is an erect shrub growing at least a meter tall and known to exceed four meters in height. It has shreddy red or grayish bark with woolly hairs and long white bristles on its smaller twigs. The dense foliage is made up of gray-green, reddish-tinted leaves with smooth, toothed, or rolled edges. They are oval to somewhat triangular in shape and 2 to 4 centimeters long. The shrub flowers in the winter, bearing large loose inflorescences of pink to nearly white urn-shaped flowers. The fruit is a drupe about 7 millimeters wide.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3449,3454,3514 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ARPA3 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.elkhornsloughctp.org/factsheet/factsheet.php?SPECIES_ID=8 Local Plant Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Arctostaphylos+pajaroensis Photo gallery]