Arctostaphylos stanfordiana is a woody shrub with a stature of one half to two meters in height. This species lacks any basal burl and manifests stems and twigs that are glabrous or finely glandular-bristly (rarely puberulent).
Leaves are erect with four to twelve millimeter petioles and blades three to five centimeters in length and 1.5 to 2.5 cm wide; moreover, each leaf is generally elliptic or oblanceolate, with wedge-shaped or obtuse base. Leaf margins are entire, with upper and lower surfaces alike, bright green to slightly glaucous, generally shiny, glabrous, smooth (finely glandular-puberulent, finely scabrous in subspecies ''raichei''). The inflorescence is open with scale-like bracts 1.0 to 1.5 millimeters; moreover, the bracts are deltate and acuminate. Pedicels are glabrous. Corollae are typically a deep pink and the ovary is smooth. Asymmetric glabrous fruits are six to eight mm wide.
Arctostaphylos stanfordiana, with the common name Stanford's manzanita, is a species of manzanita that is endemic to northern California. It is known from the outer North Coast Ranges north of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Arctostaphylos stanfordiana is a bushy shrub growing .5–3 metres (1.6–9.8 ft) in height. Leaves are oblong to widely lance-shaped, shiny green, and up to 5 centimeters long.
The inflorescence is a loose cluster of urn-shaped manzanita flowers which are pink, with some so pale that they are nearly white. The fruit is an oblong drupe about 7 millimeters wide.
There are three subspecies:
Arctostaphylos stanfordiana, with the common name Stanford's manzanita, is a species of manzanita that is endemic to northern California. It is known from the outer North Coast Ranges north of the San Francisco Bay Area.
