Comarostaphylis discolor subsp. rupestris (B.L.Rob. & Seaton) Diggs

  • Family

    Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)

  • Scientific Name

    Comarostaphylis discolor subsp. rupestris (B.L.Rob. & Seaton) Diggs

  • Primary Citation

    Brittonia 38: 345. 1986

  • Basionym

    Arctostaphylos rupestris B.L.Rob. & Seaton

  • Description

    Description: Plants 1-5 m tall; young twigs and petioles tomentulose or tomentose. Leaves plane, upper surface glabrous or with scattered eglandular trichomes, green and shining or somewhat dull, lower surface tomentulose to densely ferruginous-tomentose, becoming less so with age. Inflorescences tomentulose to tomentose, trichomes eglandular. Flowers: corollas glabrous or with eglandular hyaline trichomes.

    Distribution: Endemic to Mexico, restricted to the mountains of Michoacán, as an understory shrub in forests, and also commonly in open, rocky, or disturbed areas, sometimes in full sun, at elevations of 1850-3350 m. Flowering and fruiting throughout the year.

    Type: Mexico. Michoacán: near Patzcuaro, 14 Oct. 1892 (fl), Pringle 4318 (lectotype, GH, photos, Diggs neg. 13 & NY neg. 9763); isotypes, A, BM, BR, BR-fragment, F, G(2), LE, M, MO, MSC, NY, P, PH, n.v., RSA, UC(2), US(3), W).

  • Floras and Monographs

    Comarostaphylis discolor subsp. rupestris (B.L.Rob. & Seaton) Diggs: [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.