Arctostaphylos insularis
Common name:
Island Manzanita
Pronunciation:
ark-tow-STAF-i-los in-soo-LAIR-is
Family:
Ericaceae
Genus:
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Broadleaf evergreen shrub or small tree, 6-15+ ft (~2-5+ m) tall, similar spread. Bark reddish, sometimes covered with a waxy bloom. Leaves alternate, simple, spreading or erect, 2.5-4.5 cm long and 1-3 cm wide, oblong-elliptic, base often rounded, margin entire or toothed, bright green, shiny, may have hairs, smooth, surfaces dissimilar, upper darker than lower; short petiole, 4-8 mm long. Flowers white to pinkish, urn-shaped, in terminal clusters; bloom period late winter to early spring. Fruit 8-15 mm wide, slightly depressed globose, bright orange-brown.
- Sun and part sun, well-drained soil, needs occasional summer water.
- Hardy to USDA Zone 8 Native to Santa Cruz Island, one of the five Channel Islands which are west of the southern California mainland.
- insularis: growing on an island.
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plant habit
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leafy shoot
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leaf
