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Arctostaphylos bolensis
Cerro Bola manzanita is an evergreen shrub in the heather family, growing 2 to 4 m tall, endemic to a small range of mountains in northern Baja California, Mexico. It is grown mainly as a garden shrub in dry, mild climates, and it needs well-drained soil and little summer water once established.
Arctostaphylos bolensis is a species of perennial shrub in the heather family commonly known as the Cerro Bola manzanita. This species of manzanita is characterized by an erect habit, pendent panicles and the lack of a burl. It is a prolific bloomer, and when in blossom, it is enshrouded in white to pink urn-shaped flowers. This species is endemic to the Cerro Bola, and possibly the Cerro Italia, two mountain ranges southwest of the Valle de Las Palmas in northern Baja California.
This species is endemic to the state of Baja California in northwestern Mexico. There, it is limited to the mountains of the Cerro Bola, and possibly reported from the Cerro Italia. The Cerro Bola is a mountain range southwest of the Valle de Las Palmas, or roughly between Tecate and Ensenada. Within its small range, it is found growing in interior uplands under 400 m (1,300 ft).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arctostaphylos bolensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
