Ceanothus masonii |
Ceanothus crassifolius |
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Bolinas ceanothus, Mason's ceanothus |
hoary-leaf ceanothus |
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Habit | Shrubs, 0.6–2 m. Stems erect to ascending, not rooting at nodes; branchlets dark brown, rigid, ± tomentulose. | Shrubs, 1.5–4 m. Stems erect, not rooting at nodes; branchlets grayish brown to brown, ± flexible to rigid, tomentulose, hairs straight. | ||||
Leaves | not fascicled; petiole 1–2 mm; blade flat, usually elliptic or oval, sometimes suborbiculate, 7–21 × 4–13 mm, base rounded to ± cuneate, margins not revolute, denticulate most of length, teeth 9–17, apex obtuse, rounded to truncate, abaxial surface pale green to grayish green, strigose on veins, glabrate, adaxial surface dark green, glabrous. |
not fascicled; petiole 2–6 mm; blade flat to ± cupped, elliptic to widely elliptic, 12–25(–30) × 8–15(–23) mm, base obtuse to rounded, margins thick or revolute, entire to denticulate most of length, teeth 8–19, apex obtuse to rounded, abaxial surface pale green to white, tomentulose to glabrate, adaxial surface green, sparsely tomentulose, hairs straight, glabrescent. |
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Inflorescences | axillary, 1–2.5 cm. |
axillary or terminal, 1–2 cm. |
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Flowers | sepals, petals, and nectary deep blue to purple. |
sepals and petals white; nectary blue to black. |
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Capsules | 3–4 mm wide, not lobed; valves smooth, horns apical, minute, not rugose, intermediate ridges absent. |
5–9 mm wide, sometimes weakly lobed at apex; valves viscid, smooth, horns lateral, prominent, erect, intermediate ridges absent. |
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2n | = 24. |
= 24. |
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Ceanothus masonii |
Ceanothus crassifolius |
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Phenology | Flowering Feb–Apr. | |||||
Habitat | Soils derived from serpentine, chaparral, pine forests. | |||||
Elevation | 100–500 m. (300–1600 ft.) | |||||
Distribution |
CA
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CA; nw Mexico
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Discussion | Ceanothus masonii occurs only at a few localities on Bolinas Ridge, Marin County. With the exception of its leaf morphology, it bears a close resemblance to C. gloriosus var. exaltatus. (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. 103. | FNA vol. 12, p. 98. | ||||
Parent taxa | Rhamnaceae > Ceanothus > subg. Cerastes | Rhamnaceae > Ceanothus > subg. Cerastes | ||||
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Name authority | McMinn: Madroño 6: 171. (1942) | Torrey: in War Department [U.S.], Pacif. Railr. Rep. 4(5): 75. (1857) | ||||
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