Ceanothus divergens

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Ceanothus divergens
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Ceanothus
L.
Species: C. divergens
Binomial name
Ceanothus divergens
Parry

Ceanothus divergens, commonly known as Calistoga ceanothus, is an evergreen shrub in the Rhamnaceae family. Occurrence is primarily in the Northern California Coast Ranges of California at altitudes of less than 500 meters.[1] This plant has a growth habit described as ascending to erect and may attain a height of meters. The plant's preferred habitat is on shrub-covered, rocky, volcanic slopes. The hermaphrodite blue or purple flowers bloom in April and May.[2]

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[edit] Morphology

The sub-globose fruits are five to six millimeters in diameter.[3]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Jepson Manual. University of California Press (1993)
  2. ^ Plant profile for Ceanothus divergens: Plants for a future
  3. ^ C. C. Parry, Ceanothus divergens, Proc. Davenport A,cad. Nat. Sci. 5: 173. 1889

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