Gasquet Manzanita (Arctostaphylos hispidula)
Description
Arctostaphylos hispidula-is a species of-manzanita-known by the common names-Gasquet manzanita-and-Howell's manzanita. It is native to the coastal mountain ranges of southern-Oregon-and northern-California, where it is an uncommon member of the-serpentine soils-flora and other mountain plant communities. This is a spreading or erect-shrub-reaching a maximum height between one and two meters. The twigs and foliage are bristly and glandular, the dark green leaves oval to broadly lance-shaped and up to 3 centimeters long. The shrub blooms in crowded-inflorescences-of urn-shaped flowers and produces whitish to tan colored-drupes-each 5 to 7 millimeters wide.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Ericales
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Family: Ericaceae
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Genus: Arctostaphylos
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