Arctostaphylos pumila
Common name:
Sandmat Manzanita
Dune Manzanita
Pronunciation:
ark-tow-STAF-i-los PU-mil-a
Family:
Ericaceae
Genus:
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Broadleaf evergreen shrub or ground cover, sprawling habit, forms a mat or mound to about 3 ft (0.9 m) high but can grow to nearly 5 ft (1.5 m). Bark reddish and twigs have a fine, gray pubescence. Leaves simple, alternate, spreading, narrow-obovate to oblanceolate, 1-2 cm long and 0.5-1.5 cm wide, base wedge-shaped, tip often obtuse, margin entire, cupped or slightly rolled, surfaces not alike, upper surface convex, dark green, sometimes shiny, sparse pubescence but becoming hairless (glabrous), lower surface covered with a fine, gray pubescence. Flowers white to pinkish in small, sparse clusters. Fruit 0.5 cm wide, more or less spherical, brownish, becoming glabrous.
- Sun (coastal) or light shade (inland), little or no without summer water.
- Hardy to USDA Zone 9 Native range limited to the central California Coast, around Monterey Bay.
- pumila: dwarf
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plant habit
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leaves
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leafy shoot
