Ceanothus impressus var. impressus
Common names: Santa Barbara ceanothus
Endemic
Shrubs, ± compact, intricately branched, 0.5–1.5 m. Leaf-blades strongly cupped, oblong to elliptic, 5–11 (–14) × 2.5–8 (–12) mm, margins strongly revolute, teeth not evident adaxially; veins deeply furrowed. 2n = 24.
Phenology: Flowering Feb–Apr.
Habitat: Open sites, chaparral, pine forests.
Elevation: 50–300 m.
Discussion
Variety impressus is restricted to coastal sites in southwestern San Luis Obispo and western Santa Barbara counties.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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pale green +
villosulous +
not glandular +
puberulent +
papillate +
dehiscing +
rounded +
not gland-dotted +
herbaceous +
suborbiculate;elliptic;suborbiculate;elliptic;oblong +
leathery +
not thorn-tipped +
pliable +
puberulent +
round +
absent +
lobed +
Santa Barbara ceanothus +
aggregated +
Calif. +
leathery +
bisexual +
loculicidal +
0mm;0.5mm +
fascicles +
2.5mm;8mm +
veined +
fascicled +
alternate +
gland-tipped +
serrulate +
revolute +
thick +
blue +
free +
intrastaminal +
absent +
fleshy +
basal +
anatropous +
absent +
not fleshy +
not fleshy +
hooded +
opposite +
absent +
absent +
2-4-carpellate +
Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. +
1888 +
valvate +
distinct +
keeled;lanceolate;deltate +
longitudinal +
Endemic +
not rooting +
erect +
1;4 +
deciduous +
absent +
connate +
Ceanothus impressus var. impressus +
Ceanothus impressus +
variety +
gland-tipped +
entire +
evident +
crested +
furrowed +
branched +
evergreen +
woody +