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Perennial, shrub, tree
Stem: bark often peeling distinctively
Leaves simple, generally cauline, alternate, opposite, rarely whorled, evergreen or deciduous, often leathery, petioled or not; stipules 0
Inflorescence: raceme, panicle, cyme, or flowers solitary, generally bracted; pedicels often with 2 bractlets
Flower generally bisexual, generally radial; sepals generally 4–5, generally free; petals generally 4–5, free or fused; stamens 8–10, free, filaments rarely appendaged, anthers awned or not, dehiscent by pores or slits; nectary generally at ovary base, disk-like; ovary superior or inferior, chambers generally 1–5, placentas axile or parietal, ovules 1–many per chamber, style 1, stigma head- to funnel-like or lobed
Fruit: capsule, drupe, berry
Seeds generally many, sometimes winged
Genera in family: ± 100 genera, 3000 species: generally worldwide except deserts; some cultivated, especially Arbutus, Arctostaphylos, Rhododendron, Vaccinium
Reference: [Wallace 1975 Wasmann J Biol 33:1–88; 1975 Bot Not 128:286–298]
Subfamilies Monotropoideae, Pyroloideae, Vaccinioideae sometimes treated as families. Nongreen plants obtain nutrition from green plants through fungal intermediates.
Shrub, tree, glabrous to hairy
Stem prostrate to erect; bark generally thin
Leaves alternate, evergreen or deciduous; margin entire to serrate
Inflorescence umbel-like; bud scales deciduous; bracts, bractlets scarious; pedicels not jointed to flower
Flower radial to bilateral, generally showy; sepals generally 5, fused at base; petals generally 5, ± 3/4 fused, shallowly bell- to funnel-shaped; stamens 5–10(16), generally exserted, anthers elongate, each chamber dehiscent by terminal pore, unawned; ovary superior, chambers generally 5(4–12), placentas axile
Fruit: capsule, septicidal, dehiscent tip to base
Seeds many per chamber, fusiform or not; wing 0 or wide
Species in genus: ± 1000 species: temp n hemisphere, Australia
Etymology: (Greek: rose tree)
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Stem coarsely branched, < 4 m; twigs stout
Leaf 7–15 cm, 3–6 cm wide, ovate to oblong-obovate to elliptic; upper surface dark green, midvein sunken; base generally wedge-shaped; margin not ciliate
Flower < 4 cm
Ecology: Moist coniferous forests
Elevation: < 1100 m.
Bioregional distribution: North Coast, Klamath Ranges, Central Coast, San Francisco Bay Area
Distribution outside California: to British ColumbiaHorticultural information: IRR, DRN: 4, 5, 17 &SHD: 6, 7, 14, 15, 16; acidic soil.