Arctostaphylos pilosula

Taxobox
name = "Arctostaphylos pilosula"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Ericaceae
genus = "Arctostaphylos"
species = "A. pilosula"
binomial = "Arctostaphylos pilosula"
binomial_authority = Jeps. & Wies. ex Jeps.

"Arctostaphylos pilosula" is a species of manzanita known by the common names La Panza manzanita and Santa Margarita manzanita. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from the coastal mountains of San Luis Obispo County, especially near Santa Margarita, and one occurrence in southern Monterey County. It grows in the chaparral. This is a bristly shrub growing between one and two meters tall. The leaves are rounded to oval and dull and hairless in texture. They are up to 3 centimeters long. The shrub blooms in spherical inflorescences of cone-shaped manzanita flowers, each just under a centimeter long. The fruit is a reddish brown drupe about a centimeter wide.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3449,3454,3519 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ARPI USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Arctostaphylos+pilosula Photo gallery]