Ceanothus cyaneus |
Ceanothus tomentosus |
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lakeside ceanothus, San Diego buckbrush |
woolly leaf ceanothus, woolyleaf ceanothus |
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Habit | Shrubs, evergreen, 2–5 m. Stems erect, not rooting at nodes; branchlets light green, not thorn-tipped, angled in cross section, flexible, often tuberculate (tubercles minute, brownish), puberulent, glabrescent. | Shrubs, evergreen, 1.5–2.5 m. Stems erect, rarely spreading, not rooting at nodes; branchlets reddish brown, not thorn-tipped, round in cross section, flexible, tomentulose, glabrescent. | ||||
Leaves | petiole 2–6 mm; blade flat, ovate-elliptic, 20–50 × 15–20 mm, base rounded, margins usually denticulate to serrulate, rarely entire, not revolute, teeth 23–58, apex acute to obtuse, abaxial surface pale green, veins puberulent, adaxial surface dark green, glabrous or sparsely puberulent; 3-veined from base. |
petiole 1–4 mm; blade flat, ovate to widely elliptic, 10–25 × 5–12 mm, base obtuse to rounded, margins serrulate to denticulate most of length, not revolute, teeth 39–71, apex obtuse, abaxial surface light or gray-green, tomentose to tomentulose, adaxial surface dark green, villosulous or puberulent, glabrescent; usually 3-veined from base, rarely pinnately veined (veins sometimes obscured by indumentum). |
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Inflorescences | terminal, paniclelike, 15–30(–40) cm. |
axillary or terminal, racemelike or paniclelike, 2–6 cm. |
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Flowers | sepals, petals, and nectary deep blue. |
sepals, petals, and nectary usually deep blue, sometimes pale blue. |
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Capsules | 3–5 mm wide, deeply lobed; valves smooth, weakly crested. |
3–4 mm wide, slightly lobed at apex; valves smooth, viscid when young, crested. |
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2n | = 24. |
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Ceanothus cyaneus |
Ceanothus tomentosus |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. | |||||
Habitat | Rocky or gravelly slopes, chaparral. | |||||
Elevation | 40–600 m. (100–2000 ft.) | |||||
Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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CA; nw Mexico
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Discussion | Ceanothus cyaneus is known in the flora area only from San Diego County, and is threatened throughout its range. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 90. | FNA vol. 12, p. 89. | ||||
Parent taxa | Rhamnaceae > Ceanothus > subg. Ceanothus | Rhamnaceae > Ceanothus > subg. Ceanothus | ||||
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Name authority | Eastwood: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 16: 361. (1927) | Parry: Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci. 5: 190. (1889) | ||||
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