Arctostaphylos patula

Greenleaf manzanita

Family: Ericaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Greenleaf manzanita is a native shrub found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, Cascade Ranges, Sierra Nevada, southern Coast Ranges, Transverse Ranges, San Jacinto Mountains, eastern Peninsular Ranges, and Modoc Plateau in montane chaparral and conifer forest at elevations of 750 to 3,350 meters. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces pink to white flowers in pendulous clusters with delicate golden or silvery-haired twigs. Growing 1 to 3 meters tall with an erect form, it develops a flat or obscure underground burl. Its bright green leaves are widely ovate to round, 2.5 to 6 centimeters long, with a shiny surface and abruptly soft-pointed tips that become glabrous with maturity. The fruit is a nearly spheric structure 7 to 10 millimeters wide with stones that may be variably fused or free.

Habitat: Montane chaparral, conifer forest

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: 750-3350 m.

Bioregions: KR, NCoRH, CaR, SNH, SCoRO, TR, SnJt, e PR, MP

California counties: San Bernardino, Kern, Los Angeles, Tulare, Riverside, Tehama, Butte, Mariposa, Plumas, Nevada, Shasta, Tuolumne, Modoc, Siskiyou, El Dorado, Trinity, Fresno, Inyo, Mendocino, Madera, Sierra, Placer, Amador, Sonoma, Mono, Humboldt, Alpine, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Del Norte, Calaveras, Lassen, Lake, Glenn, San Diego, Yuba, Colusa, Alameda, Napa

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