Arctostaphylos nummularia subsp. mendocinoensis, commonly known as pygmy manzanita, is a subspecies of manzanita. It is endemic to Mendocino County, California and Sonoma County, California, where it is known from only one occurrence in the pygmy forests along the coastline.

Arctostaphylos nummularia subsp. mendocinoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Arctostaphylos
Species:	A. nummularia
Subspecies:	A. n. subsp. mendocinoensis
Trinomial name
Arctostaphylos nummularia subsp. mendocinoensis (P.V.Wells) V.T.Parker, M.C.Vasey & J.E.Keeley
Synonyms[1]
Arctostaphylos mendocinoensis P.V.Wells

Description

This is a small, mat-forming shrub growing in low mounds less than half a meter tall. It has red, shreddy bark and bristles along its smaller branches. The leaves are dark green, shiny, convex, and hairless, and rarely more than a centimeter long. The inflorescence is a dense cluster of urn-shaped flowers with four tiny lobes at the mouth. The fruit is a cylindrical drupe only a few millimeters long, containing four minute seeds.

References

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile
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