Brittle Leaf Manzanita (Arctostaphylos crustacea ssp. crustacea) Login         


        Description
  • Height 3 - 10 ft.
  • CA Bloom Jan - Mar
  • Leaves stick out from the hairy stem.
  • Alternate leaves dark green above, and light green below.
  • Big bunches of tiny flowers, hanging down from stalk-like pedicels.
  • Fruit is red and spherical with flat spot. Not sticky.
  • CA native
  • Heath Family (Ericaceae)



Leaves are relatively big (2" long). Flowers are tiny in large bunches.



Early flower development shows red bracts. Leaves of ssp. crustacea have almost no hair on the bottom.


Look for a prominent burl at the base of the plant.

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