Arctostaphylos mewukka

Indian manzanita

Family: Ericaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Indian manzanita is a California native shrub found in foothill and montane woodland habitats at elevations of 300 to 1,500 meters. Flowering from January to March, this plant produces pale pink to white urn-shaped flowers in pendant clusters. Growing as an erect shrub 1 to 3 meters tall with smooth, reddish mahogany-colored branches, it has a distinctive burled or unbranched form. Its leaves are dull green, 3 to 7 centimeters long, with entire margins and rounded bases, forming a dense, rounded canopy. The fruit is a dark mahogany-brown, depressed-spheric berry approximately 10 to 16 millimeters wide.

California counties: Butte, Placer, Tuolumne, Mariposa, Calaveras, Fresno, Nevada, Tulare, Amador, El Dorado, Plumas, Tehama, Shasta, Los Angeles, Trinity, Sierra, Yuba, Merced

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