Ericaceae
Baja birdbush
Ornithostaphylos oppositifolia
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Ornithostaphylos
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Common names
By language (8)
- Cantonese
- 鵲踏珠屬
- Dutch
- Ornithostaphylos
- English
- Baja birdbush
- French
- Ornithostaphylos
- Italian
- Ornithostaphylos
- Portuguese
- Ornithostaphylos
- Spanish
- Ornithostaphylos
- Turkish
- Ornithostaphylos
Synonyms
- Arctostaphylos oppositifolia Parry
- Arctostaphylos polifolia Torr.
- Arctostaphylos salicifolia Parry
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Bri Weldon, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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.