Calflora
Taxon  Report   11337    
Arctostaphylos crustacea  Eastw.  ssp. crustacea 
Brittle leaf manzanita
Arctostaphylos crustacea ssp. crustacea, a dicot, is a shrub that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.
also called Arctostaphylos tomentosa ssp. crustacea
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial

Bloom Period

Communities: Chaparral
Name Status:
Accepted by JEF
Alternate Names:
JEFArctostaphylos tomentosa ssp. crustacea
More information about  Arctostaphylos crustacea ssp. crustacea
Nursery availability from CNPLX
This plant is available commercially.
Jepson eFlora


Suggested Citation
Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2022. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: 05/23/2022).