Stems: procumbent, low spreading, erect-spreading and arching, or erect, not rooting at nodes; twigs +/- pale green, round, smooth or slightly ridged, often glandular-hairy, flexible.
Leaves: evergreen, alternate; not clustered; stipules thin, deciduous; petioles to 3 mm; blades narrowly oblong-elliptic, narrow to broadly elliptic or obovate, 0.5--2.0 x 0.3--1.3 cm, bases cuneate, obtuse or rounded, usually 1-veined o r faintly 3-veined, margins not revolute, usually glandular-denticulate, sometime with few glands, tips obtuse, abaxially pale greenish-gray, dark green or gray, +/- glabrous, hairy on veins, or densely pubescent, adaxially dark green, glabrous, waxy or p uberulent, +/- plane, undulate or occasionally troughed.
Inflorescences: axillary, usually raceme-like, 0.5--2.5 (7.5) cm.
Flowers: pale blue--dark blue.
Fruits: subglobose, +/- lobed, +/- 4 mm broad, smooth, horns 0; valves +/- crested.
(3 in the flora): Calif.
1. Leaf blades densely hairy on and between veins adaxially: b. C.foliosus var. medius.1.Leaf blades glabrous or with few, scattered hairs between veins adaxially.
2. Leaf blades broadly elliptic to obovate, margins nearly plane,
glands frequently few: c. C.foliosus var. vineatus.
C. austromontanus, L. Abrams; C. dentatus J. Torrey & A. Gray var. dickeyi F.R. Fosberg; Ceanothus diversifolius A. Kellogg var. foliosus (C.C. Parry) K. Brandegee
Stems: procumbent, low spreading, erect-spreading or erect, not rooting at nodes; twigs +/- pale green, often glandular-hairy, flexible.
Leaves: evergreen, alternate; stipules thin, deciduous; petioles to 3 mm; blades narrowly oblong-elliptic, 0.5--2.0 x 0.3--1.3 cm, bases obtuse, usually 1-veined or faintly 3-veined, tips obtuse, margins usually glandular-denticulate, ab axially pale greenish-gray, +/- glabrous to hairy on veins, adaxially dull to dark green, microscopically hairy, waxy or glabrous, plane, frequently undulate, occasionally troughed.
Inflorescences: axillary, usually raceme-like, 0.5--2.5 cm.
Flowers: pale blue--dark blue.
Fruits: subglobose, +/- 4 mm broad, smooth, horns 0; valves +/- crested.
Cytology: n = 12 (M.A. Nobs in McMinn 1942
Habitat: dry, rocky, brushy slopes; 100--1500 m.
Flowering: in spring--early summer.
Range: Calif. [NCoRO, SnFrB, SCoR, PR]. View Distribution Map.
Stems: erect, branches somewhat arching; twigs +/- pale green, round, often glandular-hairy, flexible.
Leaves: evergreen, alternate; stipules thin, deciduous; petioles to 3 mm; blades narrow to broadly elliptic, 1.0--2.0 x 0.3--1.3 cm, bases obtuse, usually 1-veined or faintly 3-veined, tips obtuse, margins glandular-denticulate, abaxially gray, densely pubescent, adaxially dull green, glandular hairy, +/- plane.
Inflorescences: axillary, usually raceme-like, 0.5--2.5 cm.
Flowers: pale--dark blue.
Fruits: subglobose, +/- 4 mm broad, smooth, horns 0; valves +/- crested.
Cytology:
Habitat: Chaparral; below 650 m.
Flowering: Calif. [SnFrB, SCoR (Santa Clara, Monterey, San Luis Obispo Cos.]
Range: View Distribution Map.
Stems: +/- procumbent to erect-spreading and arching; twigs +/- pale green, round, often glandular-hairy, flexible.
Leaves: evergreen, alternate; stipules thin, deciduous; petioles to 3 mm; blades broadly elliptic to obovate, 1.2--2.0 x 0.7--1.3 cm, bases obtuse, usually 1-veined or faintly 3-veined, tips obtuse, margins with few glands, abaxially pal e green, hairs scattered on veins, fewer between, adaxially dark green, hairs sparse, +/- plane.
Inflorescences: axillary, usually raceme-like, 1.3--7.5 cm.
Flowers: dark blue.
Fruits: subglobose, +/- 4 mm broad, smooth, horns 0; valves +/- crested.
Cytology:
Habitat: chaparral, dry, rolling hills; below 300 m.
Flowering: in spring--early summer.
Range: Calif. [NCoRO (Sonoma & Mendocino Cos.)] View Distribution Map.
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