Arctostaphylos pringlei subsp. drupacea

Family: Ericaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Pringle's manzanita is a California native shrub found in the San Bernardino Mountains and Peninsular Ranges on rocky slopes and in open conifer forests at elevations of 530 to 2,400 meters. Flowering from February to April, this plant produces pale pink to white flowers in small, pendulous racemes with distinctive deep pink bracts. Growing 1 to 5 meters tall with erect stems densely covered in short glandular hairs, it forms a distinctive shrub with gray-glaucous leaves. Its leaves are ovate to nearly round, 2 to 5 centimeters long, with a rounded or truncate base and an abruptly soft-pointed tip, creating a distinctive gray-green appearance. The fruit is a sticky, spherical drupe 6 to 12 millimeters wide, covered in glandular hairs.

Habitat: Rocky slopes, open conifer forest

Bloom period: Feb-Apr

Elevation: 530-2400 m

Bioregions: SnBr, PR.

California counties: Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange, Mendocino

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