| Santa Catalina Island manzanita | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Arctostaphylos |
| Species: | A. catalinae
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| Binomial name | |
| Arctostaphylos catalinae P.V. Wells
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Arctostaphylos catalinae, known by the common name Santa Catalina Island manzanita, is a species of manzanita native to Southern California.
The plant is endemic to Santa Catalina Island, one of the southern Channel Islands of California.[1]
The plant grows in maritime chaparral habitats, on the ridges of Catalina Island.[2]
Arctostaphylos catalinae is a shrub usually exceeding 2 metres (6.6 ft) in height, sometimes taking a treelike form up to 5 metres (16 ft) tall. It is glandular and covered in white bristles.[2]
The leaves also have fine bristles. The dull, light green blades are up to 5 centimeters long by 3 wide.[2]
The flowers are borne in an open, branching inflorescence with leaflike bracts.[2]
The fruit is a spherical drupe up to 1.5 centimeters wide.[2]
