chaparral whitethorn

Ceanothus leucodermis

Member of ceanothus (genus Ceanothus)
buckthorn family (family Rhamnaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

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• twig: pale gray to gray-green, rigid, thorn-like
• except where stated, all other twigs are flexible, not thorn-like
• leaf blade:
• 12–30 mm long, 3–15 mm wide. generally smaller than coast whitethorn (Ceanothus incanus)
• 3-ribbed from base
• adaxially dull green, glabrous to sparsely puberulent
• abaxially ± strigose, especially veins
• margin entire to ± glandular-serrate
• rare

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Chris’s observations: none

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

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora