Arctostaphylos canescens is a species of manzanita known by the common name hoary manzanita. It is native to the coastal mountain ranges of southwestern Oregon and northern California, where it grows in forest and chaparral plant communities. This is a shrub varying in shape from short and matted to spreading near two meters in height. Smaller branches and twigs are hairy to woolly. The smooth-edged leaves are oval in shape and pointed at the tip, woolly to rough and waxy, and up to 5 centimeters long. The plant blooms in dense flower clusters of whitish urn-shaped manzanita flowers which are woolly inside. The fruit is a hairy drupe 0.5 to 1 centimeter wide.
Arctostaphylos canescens
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