mason’s ceanothus

Ceanothus masonii

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

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• twig: red-brown to dark brown or gray-brown, generally angled near tips
• leaf blad:
• 7–21 mm long, 4–13 mm wide
• adaxially dark green, glabrous
• abaxially short-strigose
• margin 9–17 toothed, ± evenly distributed
• may be same species as point reyes ceanothus (Ceanothus gloriosus)
• rare: Mt. Tamalpais

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Chris’s observations: none

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

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora