wavyleaf ceanothus

Ceanothus foliosus

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

This species has wild members, but they are not yet included in this guide.

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• twig: green to red-green, [not ridged]
• leaf blade:
• 5–20 mm long, 3–13 mm wide, ± folded lengthwise
• 1-ribbed or faintly 3-ribbed from base
• adaxially dark green
• abaxially paler, glabrous to puberulent
• margin not rolled under, local varieties are gland-toothed, teeth 31–42
• mostly historical except at Mt. Madonna and Mt. Tamalpais

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Chris’s observations: none

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

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora