Arctostaphylos viridissima

Arctostaphylos viridissima

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	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.

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.

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Extant Arbutoideae species

Arbutus

Arctostaphylos

Subgenus Micrococcus

Section Micrococcus	Arctostaphylos mendocinoensis Arctostaphylos myrtifolia Arctostaphylos nissenana Arctostaphylos nummularia

Subgenus Arctostaphylos

Section Arctostaphylos	Arctostaphylos bakeri Arctostaphylos densiflora Arctostaphylos edmundsii Arctostaphylos franciscana Arctostaphylos gabrielensis Arctostaphylos glauca Arctostaphylos hispidula Arctostaphylos hookeri Arctostaphylos insularis Arctostaphylos klamathensis Arctostaphylos manzanita Arctostaphylos mewukka Arctostaphylos nevadensis Arctostaphylos parryana Arctostaphylos patula Arctostaphylos pumila Arctostaphylos pungens Arctostaphylos rudis Arctostaphylos stanfordiana Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Arctostaphylos viscida

Section Foliobracteata	Arctostaphylos andersonii Arctostaphylos auriculata Arctostaphylos canescens Arctostaphylos catalinae Arctostaphylos columbiana Arctostaphylos confertiflora Arctostaphylos cruzensis Arctostaphylos glandulosa Arctostaphylos glutinosa Arctostaphylos hooveri Arctostaphylos imbricata Arctostaphylos luciana Arctostaphylos malloryi Arctostaphylos montaraensis Arctostaphylos montereyensis Arctostaphylos morroensis Arctostaphylos nortensis Arctostaphylos obispoensis Arctostaphylos osoensis Arctostaphylos otayensis Arctostaphylos pajaroensis Arctostaphylos pallida Arctostaphylos pechoensis Arctostaphylos pilosula Arctostaphylos purissima Arctostaphylos refugioensis Arctostaphylos regismontana Arctostaphylos silvicola Arctostaphylos tomentosa Arctostaphylos virgata Arctostaphylos viridissima Arctostaphylos wellsii

Section Pictobracteata	Arctostaphylos pringlei

Unassigned

Arctous

Arctous alpina
Arctous rubra

Comarostaphylis

Comarostaphylis arbutoides
Comarostaphylis discolor
Comarostaphylis diversifolia
Comarostaphylis glaucescens
Comarostaphylis lanata
Comarostaphylis longifolia
Comarostaphylis mucronata
Comarostaphylis polifolia
Comarostaphylis sharpii
Comarostaphylis spinulosa

Ornithostaphylos

Ornithostaphylos oppositifolia

Xylococcus

Xylococcus bicolor

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