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Franciscan manzanita

Arctostaphylos franciscana

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 California.January 5, February 4, March 4, April 5, May 5, June 4, July 3, August 3, September 4, October 4, November 6, December 4.
United States54
California54

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

Traits

Physical

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

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