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Ericaceae

Mission manzanita

Xylococcus bicolor Nutt.

Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Xylococcus

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Mission manzanita: Xylococcus bicolor — Mission Manzanita , in bloom. Laguna Mountains , Southern California.
Photo: Brian M. Godfrey, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (8)
Cebuano
Xylococcus
Czech
Xylococcus
English
Mission manzanita
Portuguese
Xylococcus
Spanish
Xylococcus
Swedish
Xylococcus
Turkish
Xylococcus
war
Xylococcus

Synonyms

  • Arctostaphylos bicolor (Nutt.) A.Gray
  • Arctostaphylos clevelandii A.Gray
  • Arctostaphylos veatchii Kellogg
  • Comarostaphylis bicolor (Nutt.) Klotzsch

Characteristics

Growth habit
Shrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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.