Ceanothus hearstiorum

Taxobox
name = "Ceanothus hearstiorum"

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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Rhamnaceae
genus = "Ceanothus"
genus_authority = L.
species = "C. hearstiorum"
binomial = "Ceanothus hearstiorum"
binomial_authority = Hoover & J. B. Roof

"Ceanothus hearstiorum" is a species of flowering shrub known by the common names Hearst Ranch buckbrush and Hearst's ceanothus. This "Ceanothus" is endemic to California, where it grows wild only on the hilly coastline of San Luis Obispo County. This shrub is generally wider than it is tall and often lies prostrate in a mat on the ground. The younger branches are hairy and somewhat feltlike in texture. The distinctive evergreen leaves are oval to almost rectangular and have a cupped, rippled surface. The edges are toothed with tiny glandular knobs and the shiny surface may be dotted with more knobs. The underside of the leaf is fuzzy to hairy. The inflorescences are borne on short, stout stalks and the tiny flowers are lavender to blue with prominent yellow-anthered blue stamens.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6586,6589,6616 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CEHE2 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Ceanothus+hearstiorum Photo gallery]