Arctostaphylos confertiflora

Taxobox
name = "Arctostaphylos confertiflora"

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image_width = 260px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Ericaceae
genus = "Arctostaphylos"
species = "A. confertiflora"
binomial = "Arctostaphylos confertiflora"
binomial_authority = Eastw.

"Arctostaphylos confertiflora" is a species of manzanita known by the common name Santa Rosa Island Manzanita. This shrub is endemic to California, where it grows on the sandstone bluffs of Santa Rosa Island in the Channel Islands. This is a small, twisting manzanita with blood red to gray bark and glandular bristles on its branches. The leaves are light, dull green, glandular and hairy or bristly. The small flowers are rounded and milky white, less often pale pink, and bunched densely in inflorescences. The fruits are fuzzy drupes around a centimeter in diameter. This manzanita is endangered on the federal level.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3449,3454,3465 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ARCO13 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Arctostaphylos+confertiflora Photo gallery]