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San Gabriel manzanita
Conservation status
Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Arctostaphylos
Species:	A. glandulosa
Subspecies:	A. g. subsp. gabrielensis
Trinomial name
Arctostaphylos glandulosa subsp. gabrielensis (P.V.Wells) J.E.Keeley, M.C.Vasey & V.T.Parker
Synonyms
Arctostaphylos gabrielensis P.V.Wells

Arctostaphylos glandulosa subsp. gabrielensis, known by the common name San Gabriel manzanita, is a subspecies of manzanita. It is endemic to one small area in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, California.

It is a member of the California montane chaparral and woodlands plant community.

Description

This is a shrub growing to heights between one and two meters. It has an erect form with a large, spherical burl. Leaves are bright green, shiny, and mostly hairless. They are 2 to 4 centimeters long with smooth edges. The shrub blooms in dense inflorescences of urn-shaped manzanita flowers. The fruit is a rounded red drupe up to 14 millimeters wide.

See also

• California chaparral and woodlands

References

1. "Arctostaphylos glandulosa subsp. gabrielensis (P.V.Wells) J.E.Keeley, M.C.Vasey & V.T.Parker | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-04-29.

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment — Arctostaphylos gabrielensis
• USDA Plants Profile: Arctostaphylos gabrielensis
• Arctostaphylos gabrielensis — U.C. Photo gallery

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• Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
• Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
• Natural history of Los Angeles County, California
• Plants described in 1992
• Critically endangered flora of California
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