Ceanothus jepsonii
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|image = Ceanothus jepsonii 2.jpg
|genus = Ceanothus
|species = jepsonii
|authority = Greene
| status = G3
| status_system = TNC
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File:Ceanothus jepsonii var. albiflorus.jpg
Ceanothus jepsonii is a species of shrub in the family Rhamnaceae known by the common names musk brush and Jepson ceanothus.{{cite web|url=http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Ceanothus+jepsonii&guide=Trees&cl=US/KY/MACA&flags=not_no: |title=Ceanothus jepsonii Greene Jepson Ceanothus_ DiscoverLife }}{{cite web|url=http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6586,6589,6620|title=Jepson Manual_C. jepsonii Greene}}
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
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External links
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6586,6589,6620 Jepson Manual Treatment — Ceanothus jepsonii]
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CEJE USDA Plants Profile]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Ceanothus+jepsonii Ceanothus jepsonii — U.C. Photo gallery]
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Category:Endemic flora of California
Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Category:Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
Category:Plants described in 1894
Category:Taxa named by Edward Lee Greene
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