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Arctostaphylos parryana is a species in the Ericaceae (Heath) family known by the common name Parry manzanita. This shrub is endemic to California, where it grows in the western section of the Transverse Ranges, from coastal Santa Barbara County to the San Gabriel Mountains, western Riverside County and San Diego County. This is an erect manzanita, standing on red-barked stems and reaching up to two meters in height. The leaves are bright green, generally oval in shape and pointed. The small pink-tinted white flowers are borne in densely-bunched flower clusters, but it does not produce as many flowers as some other species of Manzanita. The fruit is a rounded drupe which contains two or more seeds which have fused into one body. It does not produce a basal burl and so may be killed by fire. This is a manzanita of mid-elevation chaparral and coniferous forest ecosystems, between 3,000 and 7,500 ft. The fruit was a food of the Luiseno native people of Southern California. There are four recognized subspecies, of which ssp. tumescens is a considered rare.
Shrub
3 - 7 ft Tall
9 ft Wide
Mounding
Moderate
Evergreen
None
Pink, White
Spring, Winter
Groundcover, Hedge
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Very Low
Max 1x / month once established
Tolerates cold to -20° F
Fast
Typically rocky or gravelly. Tolerates high boron content.
Soil PH: 6.0 - 7.8
Prune dead branches in late summer
2, 3, 15, 16, 18
Dry, rocky slopes of middle elevations in southern California mountains where freezing temperatures and snow are common in winter.
Chaparral, Red Fir Forest, Yellow Pine Forest
Use with Pines such as Pinus monophylla, P. jeffreyi, or P. ponderosa; Flannelbush (Fremontodendron californicum), Oaks such as Quercus xalvordiana or Q. chrysolepis, and Mountain Mahogany (Cercocarpus betuloides).
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 32 likely
Western Avocado Leafroller Moth
Amorbia cuneana
Fruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
Archips argyrospila