| Scientific Name: | Arctostaphylos manzanita |
| Common Name: | common manzanita |
| Family Name: | Ericaceae |
| Origin: | U.S. - northwest, U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 8a: (-12 to -9.5 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Twiggy |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Attract butterflies, Medicinal plant, Mixed shrub border, Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Elliptic, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Panicle, White, Pink, Feb-Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Red, Dark-red, Brown, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Evergreen shrub with dark red-brown, exfoliating bark, most 1.5-3m tall locally; leaves alternate, most blades broadly ovate, 2-5cm long x 1-3.5cm wide, held erect, base rounded to wedge-shaped, apex acute with mucronate tip, margin entire, glabrous, petiole 6-12mm long; panicle pedulous, dense, 2-3 cm long; florets urn-shaped, small, white to pinkish; fruit a flattened sphere, 8-12mm wide, white maturing red-brown. | |