Arctostaphylos stanfordiana subsp. decumbens

Rincon ridge manzanita, Rincon Ridge Manzanita, Rincon Ridge manzanita

Family: Ericaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.1

Rincon ridge manzanita is a rare (CNPS 1B.1) California native shrub found in southern North Coast Ranges near Healdsburg and Santa Rosa in Sonoma County chaparral at elevations around 100 meters. Flowering from February to April, this plant produces pink to white urn-shaped flowers in small clusters. Growing as a prostrate to mounded shrub 10 to 100 centimeters tall with slender branches that have sparse short hairs, it forms low, spreading clumps across its chaparral habitat. Its leathery leaves are glabrous with petioles 4 to 8 millimeters long, arranged alternately along the branches. The fruit is a classic manzanita drupe, characteristic of its genus.

Habitat: Chaparral

Bloom period: Feb-Apr

Elevation: 100 m

Bioregions: s NCoRO (near Healdsburg and Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co.).

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