Arctostaphylos stanfordiana (USA) – eFlora of India

April 19, 2014
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Arctostaphylos (Not from India)

Arctostaphylos stanfordiana Parry, Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 493 1887. (Syn: Arctostaphylos stanfordiana var. repens Roof; Uva-ursi stanfordiana (Parry) A. Heller);

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Arctostaphylos stanfordiana, with the common name Stanford’s manzanita, is a species of manzanita that is endemic to northern California. It is known from the outer North Coast Ranges north of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Arctostaphylos stanfordiana is a bushy shrub growing .5–3 metres (1.6–9.8 ft) in height. Leaves are oblong to widely lance-shaped, shiny green, and up to 5 centimeters long.

The inflorescence is a loose cluster of urn-shaped manzanita flowers which are pink, with some so pale that they are nearly white. The fruit is an oblong drupe about 7 millimeters wide.

There are three subspecies:

A. s. ssp. decumbens (Rincon manzanita) – rare subspecies endemic to Sonoma County
A. s. ssp. raichei (Raiche’s manzanita) – known mostly from Mendocino County
A. s. ssp. stanfordiana (Stanford’s manzanita) – more widespread than other subspecies

(From Wikipedia on 19.4.14)
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Ericaceae (incl. Vacciniaceae) Fortnight :: Arctostaphylos stanfordiana :: SFO Bot.garden:: SMP APR11 : 3 posts by 2 authors. 1 image.
Arctostaphylos stanfordiana

… nice photo and correctly identified, but in India it is not reported yet!

… all my photographs are from San Francisco Botanical garden except R.arboreum.

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Arctostaphylos stanfordiana from San Francisco Botanical Garden-GS03022023: 2 high res. images.
Arctostaphylos stanfordiana, another California native clicked from San Francisco Botanical Garden, California. Earlier shared by … in 2014
https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/zlhckJ

Yes, appears close as per images at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Arctostaphylos_stanfordiana

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References:
The Plant List Ver.1.1 Wikipedia

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