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Ceanothus is a genus of about 50–60 species of nitrogen-fixing shrubs and small trees in the buckthorn family (). [3] [4] [2] [5] Common names for members of this genus are buckbrush, California lilac, soap bush, or just ceanothus.
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus, known as blueblossom or blue blossom ceanothus, is an evergreen shrub in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae that is endemic to Oregon and California in the US. The term 'Californian lilac' is also applied to this and other varieties of ceanothus, though it is not closely related to Syringa , the true lilac.
Some plants with a broader altitudinal range are found listed in their predominant habitat elevation. All the plant species listed are native to the Sierra's foothills, valleys, and mountains. In addition some are also endemic to here and elsewhere within California – (ca-endemic) ; and some are further endemic to and only found in the Sierra ...
Ceanothus velutinus, with the common names snowbrush ceanothus, red root, tobacco brush, and sticky laurel, [1] is a species of shrub in the family Rhamnaceae. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado.
Ceanothus integerrimus, the branches of which were used among the Indigenous peoples of California in treating women after childbirth. [29] Ceanothus velutinus, used by certain Plateau tribes to create herbal tea to induce sweating as a treatment for colds, fevers, and influenza. Leaves were also used when rinsing to help prevent dandruff. [16]
Ceanothus cuneatus is a spreading bush, rounded to sprawling, reaching up to 3 meters (9.8 ft) in height. The evergreen leaves are stiff and somewhat tough and may be slightly toothed along the edges. The bush flowers abundantly in short, thick-stalked racemes bearing rounded bunches of tiny flowers, each about half a centimeter wide.
Many were quick to point out that article had listed a “burning bush” as a recommended species to plant. ... Kentucky reels from flooding that killed 11 as another storm will bring snow and cold.
Ceanothus verrucosus is a species of shrub in the family Rhamnaceae known by the common names wart-stem ceanothus, barranca brush, coast lilac and white coast ceanothus. It is endemic to northwestern Baja California and San Diego County , where it grows in coastal sage scrub and coastal succulent scrub habitats.