Ericaceae
Pacific madrone
Arbutus menziesii
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Arbutus
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Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- قطلب منزي
- arz
- قطلب منزى
- Catalan
- Arboç del Pacífic
- Chinese
- 草莓樹, 太平洋熊莓
- Czech
- Planika Menziesova
- English
- Pacific madrone, Arbutus, Bearberry, Madrona, Madrone
- Esperanto
- Menzies-arbuto
- Finnish
- Kalifornianmansikkapuu
- German
- Amerikanischer Erdbeerbaum, Madrone
- Hebrew
- קטלב קליפורני
- Hungarian
- Kaliforniai szamócafa
- Japanese
- マドローネ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Madrona
- Russian
- Земляничное дерево Менциса, Земляничник Менциса
- Slovenian
- Jagodičnica, Pacifiška madrona
Synonyms
- Arbutus menziesii var. elliptica DC.
- Arbutus menziesii var. oblongifolia DC.
- Arbutus procera Douglas ex Lindl.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 1,044 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Harry Podschwit, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: paulexcoff, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jared Shorma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Skyler K, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bri Weldon, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: amwellsam, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: J Straka, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Akos Kokai, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: benvancitters, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Justin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Akos Kokai, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.