Characteristics Of Five San Gabriel Mountains Species Of Arctostaphylos: Hairs

Species	Hairs Observation of hairs requires 10x magnfication
gabrielensis	tormentulose throughout
glandulosa ssp. glaucomollis	eglandular [without glands] throughout; consistently hispid [rough with stiff or bristly hairs] to setose [clothed with bristles] or pilose [bearing soft and straight hairs] with long white hairs on twigs, petioles, rachises; bracts hispidociliate
glauca	twigs, rachises, bracts glabrous [without hairs], glaucescent [becoming whitened with a bloom] in ours
parryana	short-tormentulose [minutely covered with rather short, densely matted, soft white wool] or puberulent [minutely covered with short soft hair, downy, no glands]
patula	distinctive golden glands on tips of hispidulous hairs, or glands sessile, on twigs, rachises, bracts

Other characteristics

• Comments
• Inflorescences, Bracts, Flowers and Fruit
• Leaves
• Location
• Stems

Sources

• CalFlora database for Arctostaphylos in Los Angeles County
• James C. Hickman, Editor, The Jepson Manual, 1993
• Philip A. Munz, A Flora of Southern California, 1974
• Philip V. Wells, The Manzanitas of California: Also of Mexico and the World, c2000

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