Arctostaphylos montana subsp. ravenii

Presidio manzanita, Presidio Manzanita, Presidio manzanita

Family: Ericaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.1 · Endangered

Presidio manzanita is a rare (CNPS 1B.1) California native shrub found in northern Central Coast region at the San Francisco Presidio in serpentine chaparral at elevations of 60 to 95 meters. Flowering from February to April, this plant produces pink to white flowers in small clusters. Growing as a low, prostrate shrub 10 to 30 centimeters tall with short gray-hairy twigs, it has a distinctive spreading growth habit. Its leaves are rounded to round-elliptic, 1 to 2 centimeters long and 1 to 1.5 centimeters wide, forming a compact ground-hugging form. The fruit is small and compact, approximately 4 to 5 millimeters wide.

Habitat: Serpentine chaparral

Bloom period: Feb-Apr

Elevation: 60-95 m

Bioregions: n CCo (San Francisco Presidio).

California counties: San Francisco

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