Ceanothus divergens

Taxobox
name = "Ceanothus divergens"
status = VU


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Rhamnaceae
genus = "Ceanothus"
genus_authority = L.
species = "C. divergens"
binomial = "Ceanothus divergens"
binomial_authority = Parry

"Ceanothus divergens", commonly known as Calistoga ceanothus, is an evergreen shrub in the Rhamnaceae family. Occurrence is primarily in the Northern California Coast Ranges of California at altitudes of less than 500 meters. [ [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6586,6589,6600 "Jepson Manual". University of California Press (1993)] ] This plant has a growth habit described as ascending to erect and may attain a height of meters. The plant's preferred habitat is on shrub-covered, rocky, volcanic slopes. The hermaphrodite blue or purple flowers bloom in April and May. [ [http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Ceanothus+divergens "Plant profile for "Ceanothus divergens": Plants for a future"] ]

Morphology

The sub-globose fruits are five to six millimeters in diameter. [C. C. Parry, "Ceanothus divergens", Proc. Davenport A,cad. Nat. Sci. 5: 173. 1889]

ee also

*rare species
*Sonoma County, California

References

External links

* [http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Ceanothus+divergens Plant profile for "Ceanothus divergens"]