''Arctostaphylos hookeri'' is a species of
manzanita
Manzanita is a common name for many species of the genus ''Arctostaphylos''. They are evergreen shrubs or small trees present in the chaparral biome of western North America, where they occur from Southern British Columbia and Washington to Or ...
known by the common name Hooker's manzanita.
Description
''Arctostaphylos hookeri'' is a low shrub which is variable in appearance and has several subspecies. These are generally mat-forming plants or low bushes with small green leaves, dense
inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphology (biology), Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of sperma ...
s of white to pink flowers, and shiny egg-shaped or round red
drupes.
Distribution
The ''Arctostaphylos hookeri''
shrub is
endemic
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to
California
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where its native range extends from the coastal
San Francisco Bay Area
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to the
Central Coast. It grows in sandy, coastal pine or oak woods.
Subspecies
There are two subspecies recognised:
*''A. h. hearstiorum'' - Hearst's manzanita - native to
San Luis Obispo County
San Luis Obispo County (), officially the County of San Luis Obispo, is a county on the Central Coast of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 282,424. The county seat is San Luis Obispo.
JunÃpero Serra founded the Miss ...
*''A. h. hookeri'' - grows in the
Santa Cruz Mountains and nearby
See also
*
California chaparral and woodlands
*
California coastal sage and chaparral
The California coastal sage and chaparral ( es, Salvia y chaparral costero de California) is a Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub ecoregion located in southwestern California (United States) and northwestern Baja California (Mexico). It ...
References
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment - ''Arctostaphylos hookeri''USDA Plants Profile; Arctostaphylos hookeri Conservation: Arctostaphylos hookeri ssp. ''ravenii''''Arctostaphylos hookeri'' - Photo gallery
hookeri
Endemic flora of California
Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
Natural history of San Francisco
Endemic flora of the San Francisco Bay Area
Garden plants of North America
Drought-tolerant plants
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