Arctostaphylos manzanita subsp. elegans

Arctostaphylos manzanita subsp. elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Arctostaphylos
Species:	A. manzanita
Subspecies:	A. m. subsp. elegans
Trinomial name
	Arctostaphylos manzanita subsp. elegans; (Jeps.) P.V.Wells
Synonyms
	Arctostaphylos elegans Jeps.; Arctostaphylos manzanita var. elegans (Jeps.) L.D.Benson; Arctostaphylos pungens subsp. elegans (Jeps.) Roof; Uva-ursi elegans (Jeps.) A. Heller;

Arctostaphylos manzanita subsp. elegans, also known as the Konocti manzanita, is a subspecies of the Common manzanita. It is endemic to California.^[3] It was originally described at the rank of species as Arctostaphylos elegans in 1893 by Willis Linn Jepson. It was reduced to a subspecies of Arctostaphylos manzanita by Philipp Vincent Wells in 1968.^[4]