B17 



GREENLEAF MANZANITA 



Arctosta'phylos pa'tula, syns. A. platyphyl'la, A. pun'gens platyphyl'la 



Flower cluster drooping, near 

 ends of twigs, densely flowered, 

 main stalks minutely glandular 



Leaves evergreen, bright green 

 on both sides, usually held in 

 vertical position by twisting of 

 leafstalk, leathery, free from 

 hair, rounded to egg-shaped or 

 broadly elliptic, rounded or 

 pointed at tip, and rounded or 

 somewhat heart-shaped at base, 

 up to 2'/i in. long, the margins 

 entire; stalks often minutely 

 hairy 



United petals (corolla) deep 

 pink, urn-shaped, small (# in. 

 lone), on short, bracted flower 

 stalks 



Stamens twice as many as 

 corolla lobes, included in corolla ; 

 anthers each with pair of bent- 

 back bristles on the back; an- 

 ther stalks more or less hairy, 

 enlarged at base 



Outer flower parts usually 5, 

 pinkish with white-papery tips, 

 persistent, somewhat united at 

 base to form flower cup (calyx) 



Berries dark brown or black, 

 fiattened-globe-shaped, about 

 K to K in. in diameter, often 

 very hard, at least in age 



Stems 3 to 8 feet in height, 

 widely branched, rigid, very 

 crooked, with smooth dark red 

 bark 



Greenleaf manzanita, sometimes called buckhorn (or small) 

 manzanita and Indian-tobacco, is a widely branched shrub, 3 to 8 

 feet high, with crooked, verjr stout limbs, and smooth, dark red 

 bark. It is so named because its leaves are bright green, in contrast 

 to the dull green or whitish leaves of many manzanitas. The species 

 ranges from Oregon through southwestern Idaho to extreme western 

 Colorado, Utah, and California, and is most plentiful in the 

 ponderosa-pine belt of California, southern Oregon, and the Great 



