Biology:Ceanothus impressus

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Ceanothus impressus
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Vulnerable (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Ceanothus
Species:
C. impressus
Binomial name
Ceanothus impressus
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Ceanothus impressus is a species of shrub in the family Rhamnaceae known by the common name Santa Barbara ceanothus.[2][3] It is endemic to the Central Coast of California, where it is known from San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties.[4] It occurs in chaparral habitat.[2]

This is an upright shrub with a dense or open form, reaching up to 3 meters in height. 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.[4][5]

There are two varieties:[4]

  • C. impressus var. impressus – generally more compact with intricate branching and cupped leaves
  • C. impressus var. nipomensis (Nipomo ceanothus) – a rare variety, more open in shape, known only from a region of San Luis Obispo County

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References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe. 2022. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.132820. 
  2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Ceanothus impressus. CalFlora.
  3. Ceanothus impressus. USDA PLANTS.
  4. Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 4.2 Ceanothus impressus. Flora of North America.
  5. Ceanothus impressus. Jepson eFlora. Jepson Herbarium, University of California.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5055718 entry