Ceanothus impressus

Taxobox
name = "Ceanothus impressus"

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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Rhamnaceae
genus = "Ceanothus"
species = "C. impressus"
binomial = "Ceanothus impressus"
binomial_authority = Trel.

"Ceanothus impressus" is a species of flowering shrub known by the common name Santa Barbara ceanothus. This "Ceanothus" is endemic to the Central Coast of California, where it can be found on coastal slopes and mesas. This expansive shrub may exceed three meters in height and approach seven in width. It is thickly branched with dark brown twigs and stem. The evergreen leaves are about 2 centimeters long and oval shaped, highly ridged and wrinkled and curling under along the edges. They may be gland-dotted and have grayish hairy undersides. The shrub flowers abundantly in inflorescences of small blue flowers. The fruit is a crested spherical capsule about 4 millimeters wide.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6586,6589,6617 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CEIM USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Ceanothus+impressus Photo gallery]