Arctostaphylos franciscana, known by the common name Franciscan manzanita, is a species of manzanita. It was named by Alice Eastwood in 1905 who was the first to identify the organism as a unique species. It is native to the city of San Francisco and it is a low-growing, spreading-to-ascending evergreen shrub in the heath family Ericaceae. The name is derived from the Spanish word manzanita, which means “little apple” because of the small, apple shaped berries that grow from the plant.

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