Arctostaphylos densiflora M.S.Baker is a plant in the Ericaceae family, order Ericales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Arctostaphylos densiflora M.S.Baker

Arctostaphylos densiflora M.S.Baker

Arctostaphylos densiflora is a small heath-family shrub with pink urn-shaped flowers and small drupe fruit.

Family
Genus
Arctostaphylos
Order
Ericales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Arctostaphylos densiflora M.S.Baker

Arctostaphylos densiflora is a small shrub belonging to the heath family. It grows in low, spreading clumps that reach under one meter in height. Its leaves are shiny green, oval to widely lance-shaped, and less than three centimeters long. It produces inflorescences holding light to bright pink, urn-shaped flowers. Its fruit is a drupe around half a centimeter wide. This section covers ecological relationships and habitat.

Photo: (c) Michael Kauffmann, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND), uploaded by Michael Kauffmann · cc-by-nd

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Ericales Ericaceae Arctostaphylos

More from Ericaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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