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Ceanothus impressus is a species of flowering shrub known by the common name Santa Barbara ceanothus. This Ceanothus is endemic to the Central Coast of California, where it can be found on coastal slopes and mesas. This expansive shrub may exceed three meters in height and approach seven in width. It is thickly branched with dark brown twigs and stem. The evergreen leaves are about 2 centimeters long and oval shaped, highly ridged and wrinkled and curling under along the edges. They may be gland-dotted and have grayish hairy undersides. The shrub flowers abundantly in inflorescences of small blue flowers. The fruit is a crested spherical capsule about 4 millimeters wide.
Ceanothus impressus variation
nipomensis
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