Arctostaphylos purissima

Taxobox
name = "Arctostaphylos purissima"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Ericaceae
genus = "Arctostaphylos"
species = "A. purissima"
binomial = "Arctostaphylos purissima"
binomial_authority = P.V.Wells

"Arctostaphylos purissima" is a species of manzanita known by the common name La Purisima manzanita. It is endemic to western Santa Barbara County, California, including near Lompoc, site of Mission La Purísima Concepción. It is a plant of the coastal chaparral on sandstone soils. This is a shrub reaching at least a meter in height and known to exceed four meters tall. It varies in shape from low and spreading to tall and erect. It is coated in long, white bristles and a dense foliage of shiny, hairless green leaves. Each leaf is round to oval in shape and smooth along the edges, and up to 2.5 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a hanging cluster of spherical to urn-shaped manzanita flowers each about half a centimeter long. The fruit is a hairless drupe between one half and one centimeter wide.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3449,3454,3523 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ARPU10 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Arctostaphylos+purissima Photo gallery]