Ceanothus oliganthus
Credits
New article for Trees and Shrubs Online.
Recommended citation
'Ceanothus oliganthus' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Infraspecifics
Other taxa in genus
- Ceanothus americanus
- Ceanothus arboreus
- Ceanothus 'Autumnal Blue'
- Ceanothus 'Burkwoodii'
- Ceanothus caeruleus
- Ceanothus 'Concha'
- Ceanothus crassifolius
- Ceanothus cuneatus
- Ceanothus cyaneus
- Ceanothus × delilianus
- Ceanothus dentatus
- Ceanothus fendleri
- Ceanothus foliosus
- Ceanothus gloriosus
- Ceanothus herbaceus
- Ceanothus impressus
- Ceanothus incanus
- Ceanothus integerrimus
- Ceanothus megacarpus
- Ceanothus × mendocinensis
- Ceanothus papillosus
- Ceanothus parryi
- Ceanothus parvifolius
- Ceanothus prostratus
- Ceanothus 'Puget Blue'
- Ceanothus purpureus
- Ceanothus sanguineus
- Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
- Ceanothus × veitchianus
- Ceanothus velutinus
Editorial Note
Bean’s Ceanothus sorediatus is now treated as a variety of this species.
var. sorediatus (Hook. & Arn.) Hoover
Common Names
Jim Brush
Synonyms
Ceanothus sorediatus Hook. & Arn.
Editorial Note
Bean treated this variety at specific rank, as Ceanothus sorediatus.
A dense evergreen shrub 3 to 8 ft high in the wild, sometimes taller; branchlets rigid, grey-green or purplish, clad with long hairs and rather spiny. Leaves alternate, three-veined, elliptic to ovate, acute at the apex, up to 1 in. long, dark green and lustrous above, undersides covered with long appressed hairs, especially on the veins; margins edged with glandular teeth. Flowers pale to deep blue, in small dense clusters.
Native of California, widely distributed in the Coast Range and common around San Francisco. Of recent introduction, this species is growing well at Glendoick in E. Perthshire and at Malahide Castle near Dublin. It bears a second crop of flowers in the autumn.