Ericaceae
Bigberry manzanita
Arctostaphylos glauca
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Arctostaphylos
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Bigberry manzanita
Synonyms
- Arctostaphylos glauca f. adenopuberula P.V.Wells
- Arctostaphylos glauca f. eremicola (Jeps.) P.V.Wells
- Arctostaphylos glauca f. puberula (J.T.Howell) P.V.Wells
- Arctostaphylos glauca var. eremicola Jeps.
- Arctostaphylos glauca var. glauca
- Arctostaphylos glauca var. puberula J.T.Howell
- Daphnidostaphylis glauca (Lindl.) Klotzsch
- Uva-ursi glauca (Lindl.) Abrams
- Xerobotrys glaucus (Lindl.) Nutt.
Flowers
- In flower
- December to March (from 1,508 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: joergmlpts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Anne Parsons, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Irene, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Devon Bradley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Henrik Kibak, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: paulexcoff, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Themodoccypress Creator:Joey Malone, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 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.