Family | RHAMNACEAE |
Genus species | Ceanothus jepsonii Greene |
Bibliography | Man. Bot. San Francisco: 78 (1894) |
Native Range | nw. & cw. California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 200-1000m |
Description | branchlets grey-brown, strigose, leaves opposite, evergreen, ovate to elliptic, rigid, obtuse, spiny dentate, adaxially yellow-green, glabrous, inflorescence dense raceme to 2cm |
Size | 50-150cm |
Color | blue, violet |
Bloom | spring |
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Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 3-6 months cuttings in late summer; layering in spring |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |