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Arctostaphylos pilosula
Also called Santa Margarita Manzanita
La Panza manzanita is a native California shrub, sometimes growing into a small tree, found in chaparral on dry shale and sandstone slopes. It is grown in gardens as a drought-tolerant native that needs excellent drainage and full sun.
Arctostaphylos pilosula is a species of manzanita, known by the common names La Panza manzanita and Santa Margarita manzanita, that is endemic to California.
Its common names comes from populations on the La Panza Range, near the town of Santa Margarita.
The plant is endemic San Luis Obispo County, found in three areas: the La Panza Range, the east slope of the Santa Lucia Mountains near Atascadero, and in the San Luis Range near Pismo Beach.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arctostaphylos pilosula 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.
