Ceanothus lemmonii |
Ceanothus divergens |
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Lemmon's ceanothus |
Calistoga ceanothus |
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Habit | Shrubs, evergreen, 0.5–1 m. Stems ascending to spreading, not rooting at nodes; branchlets pale green to grayish green and glaucous, not thorn-tipped, round in cross section, flexible to ± rigid, sparsely villosulous. | Shrubs, 0.5–1.5 m, sometimes moundlike. |
Stems | erect to ascending, not rooting at nodes; branchlets brown to grayish brown, sometimes glaucous, ± flexible, glabrous or sparsely puberulent. |
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Leaves | petiole 2–6 mm; blade flat, narrowly elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 13–35 × 6–15 mm, base cuneate to rounded, margins serrulate to denticulate most of length, not revolute, not wavy, teeth 34–45, apex acute to obtuse, abaxial surface pale green to grayish green and glaucous, villosulous, especially on veins, adaxial surface green, strigillose; pinnately veined or weakly 3-veined from base. |
not fascicled, spreading; petiole 0–2 mm; blade flat to ± cupped or weakly folded lengthwise, elliptic to ± oblong or obovate, 10–20 × 5–12 mm, base obtuse to cuneate, margins thick or slightly revolute, slightly wavy, spinose-dentate, teeth 5–9(–11), apex sharply acute or retuse with an apical tooth, abaxial surface grayish green, veins strigillose, adaxial surface green, glabrous. |
Inflorescences | axillary or terminal, umbel-like to racemelike, 2–6.5 cm. |
axillary, 1.2–2.5 cm. |
Flowers | sepals, petals, and nectary pale to deep blue. |
sepals and petals deep blue to purple; nectary dark blue or purple. |
Capsules | 3–4 mm wide, lobed near apex; valves smooth, crested. |
5–6 mm wide, lobed; valves smooth, crested, horns subapical, prominent, erect, intermediate ridges weakly developed. |
2n | = 24. |
= 24. |
Ceanothus lemmonii |
Ceanothus divergens |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–May. | Flowering Feb–Apr. |
Habitat | Rocky slopes and flats, open sites, conifer forests, oak and pine woodlands. | Rocky soils apparently derived from serpentine or volcanic substrates, chaparral, oak and pine woodlands. |
Elevation | 200–1300 m. (700–4300 ft.) | 100–1000 m. (300–3300 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA |
Discussion | Ceanothus lemmonii occurs in the inner North Coast Ranges, Klamath Mountains, and the western slope of the Cascade Range and northern Sierra Nevada. H. McMinn (1944) reported putative hybrids with C. foliosus, C. integerrimus, and C. oliganthus var. sorediatus. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Ceanothus divergens is restricted to a few localities in Napa and Sonoma counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 94. | FNA vol. 12, p. 103. |
Parent taxa | Rhamnaceae > Ceanothus > subg. Ceanothus | Rhamnaceae > Ceanothus > subg. Cerastes |
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Name authority | Parry: Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci. 5: 192. (1889) — (as lemmoni) | Parry: Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci. 5: 173. (1889) |
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