Biology:Ceanothus jepsonii
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Short description: Species of tree
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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. jepsonii
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| Binomial name | |
| Ceanothus jepsonii Greene
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Ceanothus jepsonii is a species of shrub in the family Rhamnaceae known by the common names musk brush and Jepson ceanothus.[2][3]
Description
This species of shrub is variable, particularly across its two varieties:
- Ceanothus jepsonii var. jepsonii is a spreading plant growing up to about half a meter tall. It bears inflorescences of blue or purple flowers and spherical fruits.
- Ceanothus jepsonii var. albiflorus is a white-flowered variety approaching a meter in maximum height. Its fruits are more oblong.
Both varieties have firm, toothed evergreen leaves oppositely arranged, curved, often spiny (holly-like), and with their edges turned under. The flowers tend to have a musky odor.
Distribution
It is endemic to California , where it grows in dry, shrubby habitat in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Coast Ranges to the north, often on serpentine soils.
References
- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe. 2022. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.151236.
- ↑ "Ceanothus jepsonii Greene Jepson Ceanothus_ DiscoverLife". http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Ceanothus+jepsonii&guide=Trees&cl=US/KY/MACA&flags=not_no:.
- ↑ "Jepson Manual_C. jepsonii Greene". http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6586,6589,6620.
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment — Ceanothus jepsonii
- USDA Plants Profile
- Ceanothus jepsonii — U.C. Photo gallery
Wikidata ☰ Q5055721 entry
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