†Arctostaphylos elliptica Knowlton 1899 (heather)
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Dicotyledoneae - Ericales - Ericaceae
Full reference: F. H. Knowlton. 1899. Fossil Flora of the Yellowstone National Park. USGS Monograph Series 32(2)
Belongs to Arctostaphylos according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Knowlton 1899
Sister taxa: Arctostaphylos manzanita, Arctostaphylos mohavensis, Arctostaphylos verdiana
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Yellowstone River, half a mile below mouth of Elk Creek (Eocene of Wyoming)
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