Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Pine mat manzanita

Family: Ericaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Pine mat manzanita is a California native shrub found in mountain habitats at elevations of 100 to 500 meters. Flowering from late winter to early spring, this plant produces small pink to white urn-shaped flowers in compact clusters. Growing as a low, prostrate shrub spreading 10 to 50 centimeters tall with a burled or mounded form, it creates dense ground-covering mats. Its bright green, shiny leaves are obovate or oblanceolate, 1 to 3 centimeters long with wedge-shaped bases and entire margins. The fruit is a dark brown spherical drupe approximately 6 to 8 millimeters wide.

California counties: Nevada, Siskiyou, Del Norte, Glenn, Tuolumne, Tulare, Mono, Trinity, Sierra, Humboldt, El Dorado, Fresno, Lake, Plumas, Lassen, Amador, Butte, Alpine, Kern, Shasta, Mariposa, Tehama, Placer, Madera, Mendocino, Modoc, Calaveras, Colusa, Inyo

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