''Arctostaphylos hookeri'' is a species of
manzanita 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
inflorescences of white to pink flowers, and shiny egg-shaped or round red
drupe
In botany, a drupe (or stone fruit) is an indehiscent fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin, and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a single shell (the ''pit'', ''stone'', or '' pyrena'') of hardened endocarp with a seed (''kernel'') ...
s.
Distribution
The ''Arctostaphylos hookeri''
shrub
A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...
is
endemic to
California where its native range extends from the coastal
San Francisco Bay Area 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
*''A. h. hookeri'' - grows in the
Santa Cruz Mountains
The Santa Cruz Mountains, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges, are a mountain range in central and Northern California, United States. They form a ridge down the San Francisco Peninsula, south of San Francisco. They separate the Pacific Ocean from ...
and nearby
See also
*
California chaparral and woodlands
The California chaparral and woodlands is a terrestrial ecoregion of southwestern Oregon, northern, central, and southern California (United States) and northwestern Baja California (Mexico), located on the west coast of North America. It is a ...
*
California coastal sage and chaparral
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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