Arctostaphylos gabilanensis

Gabilan mountains manzanita, Gabilan Mountains Manzanita, Gabilan Mountains manzanita, Gabilan Mountains manzanita

Family: Ericaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Gabilan mountains manzanita is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native shrub found in northern South Coast Ranges in the Gabilan Range, San Benito, and Monterey counties in open granitic outcrops, chaparral, and Coulter-pine woodland at elevations below 710 meters. Flowering from February to April, this plant produces white to pink urn-shaped flowers in pendulous panicle clusters. Growing 1 to 5 meters tall with erect branches and twigs sparsely covered in short non-glandular hairs, it forms a distinctive upright shrub. Its gray-green leaves are ovate, 1.5 to 3.5 centimeters long, with lobed bases that clasp the stems and entire flat margins. The fruit is a spherical, glabrous berry 10 to 15 millimeters wide with markedly fused stones.

Habitat: Open granitic outcrops, chaparral, Coulter-pine/chaparral woodland

Bloom period: Feb-Apr

Elevation: < 710 m

Bioregions: n SCoRI (n&ampc Gabilan Range, San Benito, Monterey cos.).

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.