Ericaceae
Manzanita
Arctostaphylos × media
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Arctostaphylos
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Arctostaphylos × mediaEricaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Manzanita
Synonyms
- Uva-ursi media (Greene) A.Heller
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 61 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.