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Arctostaphylos imbricata is a species of manzanita known by the common name San Bruno Mountain manzanita. It is endemic to San Mateo County, California, where it is known only from six populations on San Bruno Mountain. Despite its rarity, this manzanita is not a federally listed endangered species because five of its six remaining populations are protected by the San Bruno Mountain Habitat Conservation Plan. Arctostaphylos imbricata is a small, spreading, matlike shrub forming flat tangles or mounds less than a meter in height. The branches are coated in long bristles tipped in resin glands. The light green, glandular leaves are round to oval with rough, bristly, dull surfaces and smooth or toothed edges. They are up to 4 centimeters long and 3 wide. The dense inflorescence is crowded with rounded, urn-shaped white flowers, each only 3 to 5 millimeters long. The fruit is a hairy, glandular drupe about 7 millimeters wide.

Plant type

Shrub

Size

4 - 40 in Tall

Dormancy

Evergreen

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Color

Pink, White

Special uses

Deer resistant

Hummingbirds
Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

3 confirmed and 41 likely

Confirmed Likely

Orange Tortrix Moth

Argyrotaenia franciscana

Epinotia arctostaphylana

Epinotia bigemina

Acronicta perdita