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pointleaf manzanita

Arctostaphylos pungens

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.January 289, February 335, March 487, April 464, May 424, June 207, July 256, August 347, September 230, October 218, November 224, December 252.
United States7,146
Arizona5,267
California2,386
Mexico2,007
Nevada763
Baja California650
Utah469
Guanajuato220
New Mexico188
Oaxaca177

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification

Group and habits

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderHeathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies · Ericales
Familyheath family · Ericaceae
Genusbearberries and manzanitas · Arctostaphylos

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise pointleaf manzanita with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.