Arctostaphylos manzanita subsp. elegans

Arctostaphylos manzanita" subsp. "elegans, also known as the Konocti manzanita, is a subspecies of the Common manzanita. It is endemic to California. 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.