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Arctostaphylos glauca
Bigberry manzanita is a large evergreen shrub from California and Baja California, a species within the heather family, Ericaceae. It grows well in full sun with excellent drainage, and it is long-lived once established.
Arctostaphylos glauca is a species of manzanita known by the common name bigberry manzanita. It is native to California and Baja California, where it grows in the chaparral and woodland of coastal and inland hills. In October 2025, Arctostaphylos glauca was established as the State Shrub of California.
Tamalia glaucensis is an aphid that induces leaf galls on big-berry manzanita.
Despite their constipating effects, the fruits were eaten by the Native Americans of California, who also made the ripe fruit into a cider.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arctostaphylos glauca 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.
