Family | RHAMNACEAE |
Genus species | Ceanothus gloriosus J.T.Howell |
Habitat | thickets and steppes |
Altitude | 30-500m |
Description | branchlets setose, leaves opposite, broadly elliptic to oblong, distinctly veined and dentate, adaxially shiny green flowers in many flowered umbels |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | dark blue, violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub, carpet |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 3-6 months cuttings in late summer; layering in spring |
Territory |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. (California) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | RHAMNACEAE
gloriosus exaltatus J.T.Howell, Leafl. W. Bot. 2: 44 (1937)
gloriosus porrectus J.T.Howell, ibid.
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