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Summer Holly

Comarostaphylis diversifolia

Field notes

Comarostaphylis diversifolia, known by the common names summer holly and California comarostaphylos, is a species of shrub in the heath family.

It is native to Southern California and northern Baja California, where it grows in coastal chaparral habitat.

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United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Moisture
Dry

From USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.