musk brush

Ceanothus jepsonii

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

---

• twig: generally brown
• leaf blade:
• 10–20 mm long, 5–13 mm wide, ± folded lengthwise
• no other leaves are folded lengthwise
• adaxially yellow-green, glabrous
• abaxially ± short-strigose between veins
• margin thick to ± rolled-under, wavy, toothed with 7–11 spines
• others may be toothed, but do not have spines
• Mt. Tam

---

Chris’s observations: none

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

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora