Adenostoma

Taxobox
name = "Adenostoma"


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image_caption = "Adenostema fasciculatum"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Rosaceae
genus = "Adenostoma"
genus_authority = Hook. & Arn.

"Adenostoma" is a genus of shrubs containing only two species: "Adenostoma fasciculatum" (Commonly known as Chamise), and "Adenostoma sparsifolium" (Red shank). Both are native to coastal California and Baja California, while "A. fasciculatum" is also native to California's Sierra Nevada mountains.Jepson Manual, University of California, 1993 [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6677,6681,6683] ]

Both species in this genus feature stiff, linear leaves arranged alternately or in clusters along stems with shredding bark. Flowers form on a panicle, are cream to white and, as in all members of the rose family, are hypanthiums.

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