Ceanothus lemmonii |
Ceanothus parvifolius |
|
---|---|---|
Lemmon's ceanothus |
little-leaf ceanothus |
|
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, deciduous, 1–2.5 m. Stems ± erect or ascending, not rooting at nodes; branchlets green, not thorn-tipped, round in cross section, flexible, tomentulose, glabrescent. |
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; petiole 1.5–5 mm; blade flat, oblong-elliptic to elliptic, 6–25 × 3–13 mm, base cuneate, margins usually entire, sometimes denticulate distally, teeth 3–5, apex acute to obtuse, abaxial surface pale green, usually glabrous, veins sometimes strigillose, adaxial surface green, ± shiny, glabrous; pinnately veined or ± 3-veined from base. |
Inflorescences | axillary or terminal, umbel-like to racemelike, 2–6.5 cm. |
axillary, racemelike, 3–8 cm. |
Flowers | sepals, petals, and nectary pale to deep blue. |
sepals and petals pale to deep blue; nectary blue. |
Capsules | 3–4 mm wide, lobed near apex; valves smooth, crested. |
4–5 mm wide, usually not lobed, sometimes weakly lobed; valves smooth, weakly viscid, usually not crested, sometimes weakly crested. |
2n | = 24. |
= 24. |
Ceanothus lemmonii |
Ceanothus parvifolius |
|
Phenology | Flowering Apr–May. | Flowering May–Jul. |
Habitat | Rocky slopes and flats, open sites, conifer forests, oak and pine woodlands. | Open sites and flats, conifer forests. |
Elevation | 200–1300 m. (700–4300 ft.) | 1300–2100 m. (4300–6900 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA
|
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 parvifolius is restricted to the western slope of the Sierra Nevada from Plumas County south to Tulare County. Putative hybrids with C. cordulatus have been reported (H. McMinn 1944). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 94. | FNA vol. 12, p. 84. |
Parent taxa | Rhamnaceae > Ceanothus > subg. Ceanothus | Rhamnaceae > Ceanothus > subg. Ceanothus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | C. integerrimus var. parvifolius | |
Name authority | Parry: Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci. 5: 192. (1889) — (as lemmoni) | Trelease: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 1: 110. (1888) |
Web links |