57. Arctostaphylos montana Eastwood, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3. 1: 83. 1897.
Arctostaphylos hookeri G. Don subsp. montana (Eastwood) P. V. Wells; A. pungens Kunth var. montana (Eastwood) Munz
Shrubs, erect, prostrate, or mound-forming, 0.1-2 m; burl absent; twigs densely white short-hairy. Leaves: petiole 2-6 mm; blade dark green, shiny, orbiculate-elliptic to elliptic, 1-2.5 × 1-1.5 cm, base rounded to cuneate, margins entire, plane, surfaces smooth, puberulent, glabrescent. Inflorescences panicles, 1-3-branched; immature inflorescence pendent, (branches compact), axis 0.5-1.5 cm, 1+ mm diam., densely white short-hairy; bracts tightly appressed, scalelike, ovate, 2-5 mm, apex acuminate, surfaces glabrous. Pedicels 3-6 mm, glabrous. Flowers: corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary glabrous. Fruits globose, 4-8 mm diam., glabrous. Stones distinct.
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora): wc California.
