Biology:Ceanothus pinetorum
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Ceanothus |
| Species: | C. pinetorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Ceanothus pinetorum Coville
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Ceanothus pinetorum is a species of shrub in the family Rhamnaceae known by the common names Kern ceanothus and Coville ceanothus. It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California , where it is known only from the Kern Plateau, a section of the southern Sierra featuring wide meadows and ridges.
Description
This is a low-lying shrub forming a bush or mat under a meter tall but up to about 8 meters in spreading width. The evergreen leaves are oppositely arranged and generally under 2 centimeters long, each firm and hairless with a toothed edge. The inflorescence is a small cluster of blue to off-white flowers yielding horned, wrinkled fruits just under a centimeter long.
References
- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe. 2022. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.144414.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5055734 entry
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