[Manzanitas: The Genus Arctostaphylos West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Green-leaf Manzanita, Snowbrush Manzanita

Arctostaphylos patula

Synonym: Arctostaphylos patula ssp. platyphylla

Green-leaf Manzanita, Snowbrush Manzanita: Arctostaphylos patula (Synonym: Arctostaphylos patula ssp. platyphylla) - Green-leaf Manzanita, Snowbrush Manzanita: Arctostaphylos patula (Synonym: Arctostaphylos patula ssp. platyphylla)

Green-leaf manzanita (Arctostaphylos patula) with its green leaves in front and white-leaved manzanita (Arctostaphylos viscida) immediately behind as seen along the trail about one mile southeast of Whetstone Butte, Siskiyou National Forest...........July 15, 2012. A closer view of the same Arctostaphylos patula is seen at right.

Paul Slichter