Ceanothus tomentosus var. tomentosus
Leaf-blades: margins serrulate, abaxial surface uniformly and densely tomentulose, veins obscured. 2n = 24.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat: Open sites, chaparral, oak-pine woodlands.
Elevation: 100–1600 m.
Discussion
Variety tomentosus is restricted to the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, from Nevada County south to Mariposa County. A rare, low-growing form with spreading stems occurs on nutrient-poor, sandy soils of the Ione Formation in Amador County.
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
None.
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tomentulose +
dark green +
dehiscing +
obtuse +
not gland-dotted +
herbaceous +
ovate;widely elliptic +
leathery +
not thorn-tipped +
pliable +
round +
absent +
lobed +
Woolly-leaf ceanothus +
aggregated +
Calif. +
leathery +
bisexual +
loculicidal +
0mm;0.5mm +
fascicles +
fascicled +
alternate +
gland-tipped +
serrulate +
not revolute +
pale blue;blue +
deep +
free +
intrastaminal +
absent +
fleshy +
basal +
anatropous +
absent +
not fleshy +
not fleshy +
hooded +
opposite +
absent +
absent +
2-4-carpellate +
Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci. +
1889 +
valvate +
distinct +
keeled;lanceolate;deltate +
longitudinal +
Endemic +
not rooting +
1;4 +
deciduous +
absent +
connate +
Ceanothus tomentosus var. tomentosus +
Ceanothus tomentosus +
variety +
gland-tipped +
entire +
viscid +
crested +
obscured +
evergreen +
woody +