Arctostaphylos glandulosa subsp. glandulosa

Family: Ericaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Eastwood manzanita is a California native shrub found in coastal and interior regions including the North Coast, Klamath Ranges, central Coast Ranges, San Francisco Bay Area, southern Coast Ranges, southern California, Transverse Ranges, and Peninsular Ranges in chaparral and conifer forest at elevations of 30 to 1,900 meters. Flowering from January to April, this plant produces white to pink flowers in clusters with distinctive urn-shaped blossoms. Growing with glandular-hairy twigs and reaching 1 to 3 meters tall, it forms a dense, multi-stemmed shrub with smooth, reddish bark. Its leaves are green to gray-green, glandular-puberulent, with a slightly rough texture and varying from smooth to slightly scaly surfaces. The shrub produces small, round fruits typical of manzanitas, with characteristic smooth, reddish bark and twisted branches that are hallmarks of this distinctive California native plant.

Habitat: Chaparral, conifer forest

Bloom period: Jan-Apr

Elevation: 30-1900 m

Bioregions: NCo, KR, NCoR, CCo, SnFrB, SCoR, s SCo, TR, PR

California counties: San Luis Obispo, Orange, San Diego, Marin, Sonoma, San Bernardino, Ventura, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Lake, Napa, Del Norte, Mendocino, Monterey, Riverside, Solano, Contra Costa, Santa Cruz, Humboldt, Shasta, Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Trinity, San Benito, Siskiyou

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