Arctostaphylos tomentosa (Pursh) Lindl.

Shrubs, erect or mound-forming, 1-3 m; burl present; bark of older stems persistent, gray, shredded; twigs usually short-hairy, some-times with long hairs and glandular hairs. Leaves bifacial in stomatal distribution; petiole 2-5 mm; blade dark to bright green, dull abaxially, ± shiny adaxially, oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 2-5 × 1.5-2.5 cm, base truncate to ± lobed, margins entire, sometimes toothed, cupped or ± rolled, (distal portion glabrous, proximal tomentose), surfaces short-hairy or glabrous abaxially, papillate, scabrous, sometimes finely glandular-hairy or ± glabrous adaxially. Inflorescences panicles, 2-8-branched; immature inflorescence pen-dent, axis 1-2.5 cm, 1+ mm diam., usually short-hairy, sometimes with long hairs and glandular hairs; bracts not appressed, leaflike, lanceolate, 8-15 mm, apex acute, surfaces glabrous, hairy, or finely glandular-hairy. Pedicels 2-5 mm, sparsely hairy, sometimes glandular, or hairy. Flowers: corolla white, conic to urceolate; ovary white-hairy and sometimes sparsely glandular. Fruits depressed-globose, 6-10 mm diam., sparsely hairy or glabrous. Stones distinct.

Sandy places on the edge of Pinus radiata forests and on windy coastal bluffs below 150 metres. Maritime chaparral on stabilized dunes or coastal uplands; at elevations up to 300 metres.

The fruit are used to make a cooling drink. The fruit are also eaten when not quite ripe. The fruit can be dried and made into bread.

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.