Arctostaphylos manzanita ssp. elegans—Konocti manzanita. The species has a CNPS Rare Plant Rank: 1B.3 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere). A. manzanita ssp. elegans is found at higher elevations, usually in rocky volcanic soils, in the interior, southern North Coast Range. There are around 69 extant populations. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA.
Summary[edit] Description: Arctostaphylos manzanita subsp. elegans (Konocti manzanita). In open woodland in Boggs Mountain State Forest, Lake County, California. Date: 28 March 2012, 13:44. Source: Arctostaphylos manzanita ssp. elegans.. Author: John Game. . Description: British photographer. Work period: after 1965. Work location: United States, Australia, Polynesia, Fiji, United Kingdom, Switzerland. John Game from Berkeley, United States.