COMMON NAME
Whiteleaf manzanita
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Arctostaphylos viscida
ALSO KNOWN AS
Sticky manzanita, Sticky whiteleaf manzanita
Plant family
Heath (Ericaceae)
Plant group
Broadleaf Evergreens
Whiteleaf manzanita is an erect evergreen shrub, with long, crooked branches and smooth, dark, red-brown bark. The leaves are bright green and the drooping, bell-shaped flowers are white or pink. The berries are initially white later becoming deep red. The reddish-brown bark is sometimes shreddy. This manzanita often has many stout, crooked, twisted trunks and branches growing from the base. Source: Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center
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OBSERVATIONS
Identification hints
Whiteleaf manzanita grows on dry, sunny slopes at low to mid-elevations, primarily in chaparral, oak woodlands, and mixed-conifer forests. The leaves are pale green, leathery, and alternate on the stem, and they are held vertically. It has flowers that grow in clusters on the ends of twigs with pink and white blossoms. The fruit look like small apples, about 1/4-inch in diameter, fleshy, and can be eaten.
Did you know?
Manzanita is Spanish for 'little apple.' The Me-Wuk Indians made a cider from the fruit, and they chewed on the leaves to help ease pain from stomach aches. Vertical orientation of the leaves reduces heat load and evapotranspiration.
DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
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