Ericaceae
Pointleaf manzanita
Arctostaphylos pungens
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Arctostaphylos
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Pointleaf manzanita
- nv
- Dinas bineestʼąʼ
- Spanish
- Pingüica, Tepesquite
Synonyms
- Arbutus madrono Humb. ex Kunth
- Arbutus myrtifolia Willd. ex Steud.
- Arbutus nuda Steud.
- Arbutus rigida Willd. ex Steud.
- Arbutus tomentosa var. nuda Hook.
- Arctostaphylos benitoensis Roof
- Arctostaphylos chaloneorum Roof
- Arctostaphylos cratericola (Donn.Sm.) Donn.Sm.
- Arctostaphylos glauca S.Watson
- Arctostaphylos pseudopungens Roof
- Arctostaphylos pungens f. glaucifolia Wawra
- Arctostaphylos pungens subsp. chaloneorum (Roof) Roof
- Arctostaphylos pungens var. cratericola Donn.Sm.
- Arctostaphylos pungens var. mexicana W.Knight
- Arctostaphylos pungens var. pungens
- Arctostaphylos tomentosa var. nuda (Hook.) Lindl.
- Arctostaphylos uva-ursi subsp. cratericola (Donn.Sm.) P.V.Wells
- Daphnidostaphylis pungens (Kunth) Klotzsch
- Uva-ursi cratericola (Donn.Sm.) Abrams
- Uva-ursi pungens (Kunth) Abrams
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stickpen, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.