buckbrush

Ceanothus cuneatus

Member of ceanothus (genus Ceanothus)
buckthorn family (family Rhamnaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
pale blue, white in flowering plants

twig: generally brown to gray-brown, glabrous to sparsely puberulent
leaf blade:

occasionally clustered

others never clustered?

6–30 mm long, 3–18 mm wide
adaxially dull green, glabrous
abaxially paler, glabrous to ± strigose
margin entire or < 5 teeth near tip [not glandular]

Chris’s observations: 23 (19 are research grade)

Locations:

Edgewood Park & Natural Preserve: 9
Stevens Creek CP: 3
Waterdog Lake & Open Space: 3
Pinnacles NP: 2
Castle Rock SP
Henry Coe SP
Lexington Reservoir CP
Rancho Cañada del Oro OSP
Rancho San Antonio OSP
Ulistac Natural Area, Santa Clara

Months:

Oct.: 1
Nov.: 1
Dec.: 0
Jan.: 1
Feb.: 3
Mar.: 9
Apr.: 6
May: 0
Jun.: 2

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Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora