Arctostaphylos crustacea - Brittleleaf manzanita

Brittleleaf manzanita (Arctostaphylos crustacea) is a slow-growing evergreen shrub of California’s central coastal chaparral, with a basal burl, reddish stems, and small bright-pink flowers. It grows 1-1.5 m tall and 0.5-2 m wide.¹ Its fruit is edible.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Well drained soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹

Type

• Arctostaphylos spp. - Manzanita
• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Wildlife habitat¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	1-1.5
Diameter (m)	0.5-2

Footnotes

1. Arctostaphylos crustacea, Brittleleaf Manzanita | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹