Ericaceae
Glossyleaf manzanita
Arctostaphylos nummularia
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Arctostaphylos
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Glossyleaf manzanita, Dwarf manzanita, Fort Bragg manzanita
Synonyms
- Arctostaphylos uva-ursi subsp. nummularia (A.Gray) Roof
- Arctostaphylos uva-ursi subsp. sensitiva (Jeps.) Roof
- Schizococcus nummularia (A.Gray) Eastw.
- Schizococcus sensitivus (Jeps.) Eastw.
Flowers
- In flower
- December to May (from 612 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Theo Summer, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mike Heine, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kayla Sweeten, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Alexander Wentworth, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Don Loarie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tom Hilton, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexander Wentworth, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.