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Refugio manzanita

Arctostaphylos refugioensis

Refugio manzanita
Photo: Miguel Vieira, CC BY 2.0

Refugio manzanita is a dense, bristly evergreen shrub native to coastal Santa Barbara County, California, growing on sandstone soils in coastal sage and chaparral. It is grown in gardens as a drought-tolerant native, and it needs excellent drainage and full sun.

Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, and let the soil dry out between waterings once established.
Soil
Sandy or gravelly, well-drained soil; poor, lean soil suits it.
Temperature
Mild coastal climate; tolerates about -6 to 35 °C, with frost protection for young plants.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
California (Santa Ynez Mts.)
Climate
subtropical

About

Arctostaphylos refugioensis is a species of manzanita, known by the common name Refugio manzanita. It is endemic to Santa Barbara County, California, where it can be found along the immediate coastline, including the vicinity of Refugio State Beach, and into the Santa Ynez Mountains of the northwestern Transverse Ranges.

Other Arctostaphylos plants

Santa Cruz manzanita · Mt. Diablo manzanita · Baker's manzanita · Cerro Bola manzanita · Hoary manzanita · Santa Catalina Island manzanita · Hairy manzanita · Santa Rosa Island manzanita · Brittleleaf Manzanita · La Cruz manzanita · Vine Hill manzanita · Little Sur manzanita

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arctostaphylos refugioensis 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.

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