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Arctostaphylos otayensis
Otay manzanita is a rare, erect to mound-forming evergreen shrub from the mountains of San Diego County and northern Baja California. It grows in chaparral on rocky metavolcanic soils and is best kept as a drought-tolerant garden shrub in full sun with fast-draining soil.
Arctostaphylos otayensis is a species of manzanita commonly known as the Otay manzanita. It is a rare perennial shrub native to the mountains of southwestern San Diego County, California and northwestern Baja California, where it grows in chaparral habitats on metavolcanic soils, mostly in the San Ysidro Mountains. The white urn-shaped flowers bloom from winter to spring. Because of the small range of this species and a number of threats, it is of conservation concern.
Arctostaphylos otayensis is mostly restricted to the San Ysidro Mountains of San Diego County, California and Tijuana Municipality, Baja California. Smaller populations occur on neighboring San Miguel Mountain to the north, and to the south near La Misión.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arctostaphylos otayensis 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.
