Ceanothus foliosus

Parry

Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci. 5: 172. 1889.

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 93. Mentioned on page 79, 80, 81, 90, 91, 94.

Shrubs, evergreen, 0.3–3.5 m. Stems erect, ascending, arcuate, or prostrate, not rooting at nodes; branchlets green, not thorn-tipped, round or slightly angled in cross-section, flexible, villosulous. Leaves: petiole 1–3 mm; blade flat or ± folded lengthwise, narrowly elliptic to oblongelliptic or oblanceolate, 5–24 × 3–13 mm, base obtuse to rounded, margins entire or weakly glandular-denticulate most of length, ± thick, not revolute, usually wavy, sometimes not wavy, teeth 31–42, apex obtuse, abaxial surface pale green to grayish green, villosulous or glabrous and sometimes sparsely puberulent on veins, adaxial surface dark green, glabrous or sparsely puberulent; pinnately veined or faintly 3-veined from base. Inflorescences axillary, umbellike to racemelike, 1–3.5 (–7) cm. Flowers: sepals, petals, and nectary pale to dark blue. Capsules 3–4 mm wide, weakly lobed at apex; valves smooth, not or weakly crested.

Discussion

Varieties 3 (3 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Leaf blade abaxial surfaces moderately to densely villosulous. Ceanothus foliosus var. medius
1 Leaf blade abaxial surfaces glabrous or sometimes sparsely puberulent on veins. > 2
2 Leaf blades ± folded lengthwise, margins wavy, glandular-denticulate. Ceanothus foliosus var. foliosus
2 Leaf blades flat to ± folded lengthwise, margins not to weakly wavy, entire or weakly denticulate near apex. Ceanothus foliosus var. vineatus

"glandular-denticulate" is not a number."thin" is not a number.

... more about "Ceanothus foliosus"
pale green +  and grayish green +
puberulent +, glabrous +  and villosulous +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
perigynous +  and epigynous +
Clifford L. Schmidt† +  and Dieter H. Wilken +
obtuse +  and rounded +
3-veined +  and veined +
not gland-dotted +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br />) +
3[-5]-veined +  and pinnate +
spinulose +, spinose +, serrate +  and entire +
denticulate +, dentate +, crenulate +, crenate +  and serrulate +
narrowly elliptic;oblongelliptic or oblanceolate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
not thorn-tipped +
angled +  and round +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
free +  and adnate +
shallowly cupulate +  and hemispheric +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
umbellike +  and racemelike +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
3-veined +  and veined +
deciduous +  and persistent +
wavy;wavy +
pale;dark blue +
intrastaminal +
superior +  and inferior +
not fleshy +
perigynous +  and epigynous +
pink +, usually white +  and cream blue or purple +
adnate +  and distinct +
6 +  and 5 +
clawed +, obovate +  and spatulate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
2-4-carpellate +
Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci. +
pink +, usually white +  and cream blue or purple +
distinct +
spreading +  and incurved +
6 +  and 5 +
keeled;lanceolate;deltate +
not rooting +
ascending +  and erect +
3-veined +  and veined +
Ceanothus foliosus +
Ceanothus subg. Ceanothus +
species +
paniclelike +  and racemelike +
gland-tipped +
crested +
unarmed +  and armed +
polygamous +, dioecious +  and synoecious +