Arctostaphylos klamathensis

Klamath manzanita, Klamath manzanita, Klamath manzanita

Family: Ericaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Klamath manzanita is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native shrub found in the eastern Klamath Ranges, specifically on Scott Mountain Divide and Slate Mountain, in rocky outcrops, slopes, and subalpine forest at elevations of 1,600 to 2,000 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces small white to pink flowers in delicate racemes with distinctive pendulous axes. Growing as a low, prostrate shrub reaching 10 to 50 centimeters tall, it spreads with glandular-hairy twigs and a distinctive growth habit. Its leaves are obovate to widely elliptic, 1 to 3.5 centimeters long, with a glaucous bluish-green surface that appears slightly scabrous and papillate, featuring entire margins and wedge-shaped bases. The fruit is a smooth, spherical structure approximately 6 to 7 millimeters wide with fused stones.

Habitat: Rocky outcrops, slopes, subalpine forest

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: 1600-2000 m

Bioregions: e KR (Scott Mtn Divide, Slate Mtn).

California counties: Siskiyou, Trinity, Shasta, Humboldt, Del Norte

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