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: 36 (34 are research grade)

Locations:

Edgewood County Park & Natural Preserve: 13
Stevens Creek CP: 5
Waterdog Lake & Open Space: 3
Foothills Nature Preserve, Palo Alto: 2
Pinnacles NP: 2
Pulgas Ridge OSP: 2
Skyline Ridge OSP: 2
Castle Rock SP
El Sereno OSP
Henry Coe SP
Lexington Reservoir CP
Rancho Cañada del Oro OSP
Rancho San Antonio OSP
Ulistac Natural Area, Santa Clara

Months:

Oct.: 2
Nov.: 1
Dec.: 0
Jan.: 3
Feb.: 7
Mar.: 13
Apr.: 7
May: 0
Jun.: 2
Jul.: 1

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

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora