Taxon Details: Comarostaphylis diversifolia (Parry) Greene subsp. diversifolia
Taxon Profile:
Narratives:
Family:
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:
Comarostaphylis diversifolia (Parry) Greene subsp. diversifolia
Comarostaphylis diversifolia (Parry) Greene subsp. diversifolia
Accepted Name:
This name is currently accepted.
This name is currently accepted.
Synonyms:
Arctostaphylos arguta var. diversifolia Parry
Arctostaphylos diversifolia (Parry) Parry ex A.Gray
Arctostaphylos arguta var. diversifolia Parry
Arctostaphylos diversifolia (Parry) Parry ex A.Gray
Description:
Description: Leaves narrowly lanceolate, elliptic to ovate, 3-12.8 x 1-4.2 cm, (to 14.9 x 8.0.1 cm on sucker shoots), usually strongly revolute. Inflorescences 3.5-8 cm long, gray-tomentose or rarely with glandular trichomes; floral bracts lance-linear to lance-ovate, nearly plane to subnavicular, 2-7 mm long; pedicels 4-8.5 mm long. Flowers: calyx lobes gray tomentose to rarely glandular.
Distribution: Endemic to Baja California (Mexico), in chaparral vegetation, from near sea level to ca. 550 m. Flowering and fruiting Mar-Jun, (Mar-)Jun-Sep respectively.
Type: USA. California: San Diego Co., Jamul Valley, 1878, Sanford s.n. (lectotype, designated by Diggs (1995): UC, photo, Diggs neg. 14).
Description: Leaves narrowly lanceolate, elliptic to ovate, 3-12.8 x 1-4.2 cm, (to 14.9 x 8.0.1 cm on sucker shoots), usually strongly revolute. Inflorescences 3.5-8 cm long, gray-tomentose or rarely with glandular trichomes; floral bracts lance-linear to lance-ovate, nearly plane to subnavicular, 2-7 mm long; pedicels 4-8.5 mm long. Flowers: calyx lobes gray tomentose to rarely glandular.
Distribution: Endemic to Baja California (Mexico), in chaparral vegetation, from near sea level to ca. 550 m. Flowering and fruiting Mar-Jun, (Mar-)Jun-Sep respectively.
Type: USA. California: San Diego Co., Jamul Valley, 1878, Sanford s.n. (lectotype, designated by Diggs (1995): UC, photo, Diggs neg. 14).
Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):
Comarostaphylis diversifolia (Parry) Greene subsp. diversifolia: [Article] Luteyn, James L., et al. 1995. Ericaceae, Part II. The Superior-Ovaried Genera (Monotropoideae, Pyroloideae, Rhododendroideae, and Vaccinioideae P.P.). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 66: 560.
Comarostaphylis diversifolia (Parry) Greene subsp. diversifolia: [Article] Luteyn, James L., et al. 1995. Ericaceae, Part II. The Superior-Ovaried Genera (Monotropoideae, Pyroloideae, Rhododendroideae, and Vaccinioideae P.P.). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 66: 560.