Ceanothus parryi

Trelease

Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 1: 109. 1888.

Common names: Parry’s ceanothus
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 90. Mentioned on page 80, 81, 87, 93.

Shrubs, evergreen, 2–6 m. Stems erect or ascending, not rooting at nodes; branchlets grayish green to brown, not thorn-tipped, usually round, sometimes ± angled, in cross-section, flexible, lanate to woolly, glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 1–8 mm; blade flat to slightly cupped, oblong or ± elliptic, 12–50 × 6–20 mm, base obtuse to rounded, margins entire or obscurely glandular-denticulate, narrowly revolute, glands 21–36, apex obtuse, abaxial surface green, cobwebby, soon glabrescent, adaxial surface dark green, shiny, villosulous, glabrescent; usually 3-veined from base, rarely pinnately veined. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, paniclelike, 5–15 cm. Flowers: sepals, petals, and nectary deep blue. Capsules 2.5–4 mm wide, lobed; valves smooth, not or weakly crested. 2n = 24.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–May.
Habitat: Rocky soils, open sites, flats, mixed evergreen and redwood forests.
Elevation: 30–800 m.

Discussion

Ceanothus parryi occurs in the outer coast ranges of Oregon (Benton and Lane counties) and from Humboldt County south to Napa County in California; it is reported to hybridize with C. foliosus, C. incanus, and C. thyrsiflorus (H. McMinn 1944). The deep blue sepals and petals, cobwebby indumentum on young leaves, and narrowly revolute leaf margins are diagnostic.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Ceanothus parryi"
glabrescent +  and cobwebby +
glabrescent +  and villosulous +
perigynous +  and epigynous +
Clifford L. Schmidt† +  and Dieter H. Wilken +
Trelease +
obtuse +  and rounded +
3-veined +  and veined +
not gland-dotted +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
3[-5]-veined +  and pinnate +
spinulose +, spinose +, serrate +  and entire +
denticulate +, dentate +, crenulate +, crenate +  and serrulate +
elliptic;oblong +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
not thorn-tipped +
glabrescent +, lanate +  and woolly +
angled +  and round +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Parry’s ceanothus +
Calif. +  and Oreg. +
30–800 m. +
Rocky soils, open sites, flats, mixed evergreen and redwood forests. +
free +  and adnate +
shallowly cupulate +  and hemispheric +
terminal +  and axillary +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
veined +  and 3-veined +
deciduous +  and persistent +
glandular-denticulate;entire +
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 /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Flowering Apr–May. +
2-4-carpellate +
Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. +
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 parryi +
Ceanothus subg. Ceanothus +
species +
paniclelike +  and racemelike +
gland-tipped +
crested +
unarmed +  and armed +
polygamous +, dioecious +  and synoecious +