Arctostaphylos glandulosa subsp. leucophylla

Family: Ericaceae · Type: shrub · Native

San Diego manzanita is a California native shrub found in western San Bernardino Mountains and Peninsular Ranges in chaparral and conifer forest at elevations of 200 to 1,930 meters. Flowering from January to April, this plant produces white to pink flowers in small clusters with distinctive glandular features. Growing with twigs that are long-glandular-hairy and stems featuring black or clear glands, it forms a sturdy woodland shrub. Its leaves are strongly white-glaucous with rounded bases, glandular-hairy and somewhat scabrous in texture. The plant's distinctive white-nonglandular hairiness on its branches and emerging flower clusters provides additional visual character.

Habitat: Chaparral, conifer forest

Bloom period: Jan-Apr

Elevation: 200-1930 m

Bioregions: w SnBr, PR

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