Arctostaphylos pilosula is a species of manzanita, known by the common names La Panza manzanita and Santa Margarita manzanita, that is endemic to California.[2][3]
Arctostaphylos pilosula is an erect and bristly shrub growing 1–5 metres (3.3–16.4 ft) in height.[2][3]
The leaves are a round, oval shape and dull and hairless in texture. They grow up to 3 centimetres (1.2 in) long.[3]
The shrub blooms in spherical white inflorescences of cone-shaped and downward facing "manzanita" flowers, each just under 1 centimetre (0.39 in) long. Its bloom period is December to March.[3]
The fruit is a reddish-brown drupe about a centimeter wide, that ripen in the summer.[3]
