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Kings Mountain manzanita

Arctostaphylos regismontana

Kings Mountain manzanita
Photo: Ijon, CC BY-SA 4.0

Kings Mountain manzanita is a bristly, sticky-leaved evergreen shrub native to the northern Santa Cruz Mountains of California, usually growing 2 to 4 meters tall. It is a wild chaparral and forest species, and cultivation is limited, so care is mostly drawn from related manzanitas.

Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water deeply but infrequently once established; avoid wet soil and overwatering.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty or sandy soil; tolerates poor, rocky ground.
Temperature
Mild climates; tolerates cool winters, protect from hard frost below about -7 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. California (N. Santa Cruz Mts.)
Climate
subtropical

About

Arctostaphylos regismontana is a species of manzanita known by the common name Kings Mountain manzanita. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the northern slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains in the southern San Francisco Bay Area.

It can be found in chaparral and broadleaf and coniferous forest on granite and sandstone soils.

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 regismontana 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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