Rank Species | Genus Arctostaphylos Higher classification Arctostaphylos | |
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Similar Arctostaphylos mendocinoensis, Arctostaphylos nissenana, Arctostaphylos ohloneana, Arctostaphylos mewukka, Arctostaphylos gabilanensis | ||
Arctostaphylos osoensis is a species of manzanita known by the common name Oso manzanita. It is endemic to San Luis Obispo County, California, where it is known from only two occurrences on the northern edge of the Los Osos Valley.
Description
This is a spreading shrub reaching at least a meter in height and known to grow over four meters tall. The bark is grayish in color and shreddy. The foliage is dense with shiny, pointed, smooth-edged or toothed green to reddish leaves each up to 3 centimeters long.
The inflorescence is a loose bunch of urn-shaped manzanita flowers each about 6 millimeters long. The fruit is a hairless drupe between 0.5 and one centimeter wide containing several rounded seeds.
References
Arctostaphylos osoensis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA