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Arctostaphylos viridissima
Conservation status
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Arctostaphylos
Species:	A. viridissima
Binomial name
Arctostaphylos viridissima (Eastw.) McMinn

Arctostaphylos viridissima is a species of manzanita known by the common names whitehair manzanita and McMinn's manzanita. It is endemic to Santa Cruz Island, one of the Channel Islands of California.

Description

Arctostaphylos viridissima is a shrub varying in shape and size. It may be a matted bush one metre (~3 ft) tall to a spreading treelike form over 4 metres (~12 ft) in height. Its stem and branches are covered in peeling red bark and its smaller twigs are woolly and bear long white bristles. The leaves are oval in shape, fuzzy when new and green and shiny when mature, reaching 3.5 cm.

The inflorescence is a dense cluster of urn-shaped manzanita flowers. The fruit is a fuzzy drupe just over a centimeter wide.

References

1. "NatureServe Explorer - Arctostaphylos viridissima". NatureServe Explorer Arctostaphylos viridissima. NatureServe. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 30 May 2022.

External links

• [REDACTED] Media related to Arctostaphylos viridissima at Wikimedia Commons
• [REDACTED] Data related to Arctostaphylos viridissima at Wikispecies
• Jepson Manual Treatment of 'Arctostaphylos viridissima
• USDA Plants Profile
• 'Arctostaphylos viridissima — UC Photo gallery

• NatureServe apparently secure species
• Arctostaphylos
• Endemic flora of California
• Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
• Natural history of the Channel Islands of California
• Plants described in 1933