Arctostaphylos viscida subsp. viscida

Family: Ericaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Sticky whiteleaf manzanita is a California native shrub found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, California Ranges, and Sierra Nevada in openings within chaparral and forest habitats at elevations of 30 to 2,000 meters. Flowering from February to April, this plant produces white to pink urn-shaped flowers in small clusters. Growing with smooth, reddish-brown branches 1 to 3 meters tall, it develops a distinctive smooth and twisting bark that peels with age. Its leathery green leaves are smooth, entire, and glabrous, typically 2 to 5 centimeters long with a glossy surface. The smooth, glabrous fruit develops in small clusters, continuing the plant's characteristic clean and elegant form.

Habitat: Openings in chaparral, forest

Bloom period: Feb-Apr

Elevation: 30-2000 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoRI, CaRF, SN

California counties: Butte, Nevada, El Dorado, Placer, Calaveras, Amador, Shasta, Siskiyou, Napa, Plumas, Trinity, San Mateo, Lake, Tehama, Sonoma, Tulare, Kern, Mariposa, Tuolumne, Humboldt, Colusa, Fresno, Mendocino, Yuba, Marin, Del Norte, Sierra, Sacramento, Madera, Contra Costa

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