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|accepted_name=Ceanothus divergens
|accepted_authority=Parry
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci.
|place=5: 173. 1889
|year=1889
}}
|common_names=Calistoga ceanothus
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Rhamnaceae;Ceanothus;Ceanothus subg. Cerastes;Ceanothus divergens
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rhamnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ceanothus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Ceanothus subg. Cerastes]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ceanothus divergens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 78, 94, 95, 96, 102, 104, 105
|treatment_page=page 103
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> 0.5–1.5 m, sometimes moundlike. <b>Stems</b> erect to ascending, not rooting at nodes; branchlets brown to grayish brown, sometimes glaucous, ± flexible, glabrous or sparsely puberulent. <b>Leaves</b> not fascicled, spreading; petiole 0–2 mm; blade flat to ± cupped or weakly folded lengthwise, elliptic to ± oblong or obovate, 10–20 × 5–12 mm, base obtuse to cuneate, margins thick or slightly revolute, slightly wavy, spinose-dentate, teeth 5–9(–11), apex sharply acute or retuse with an apical tooth, abaxial surface grayish green, veins strigillose, adaxial surface green, glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, 1.2–2.5 cm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals and petals deep blue to purple; nectary dark blue or purple. <b>Capsules</b> 5–6 mm wide, lobed; valves smooth, crested, horns subapical, prominent, erect, intermediate ridges weakly developed. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Feb–Apr.
|habitat=Rocky soils apparently derived from serpentine or volcanic substrates, chaparral, oak and pine woodlands.
|elevation=100–1000 m.
|distribution=Calif.
|discussion=<p>Ceanothus divergens is restricted to a few localities in Napa and Sonoma counties.</p>
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name=Ceanothus divergens
|author=
|authority=Parry
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Rhamnaceae
|phenology=Flowering Feb–Apr.
|habitat=Rocky soils apparently derived from serpentine or volcanic substrates, chaparral, oak and pine woodlands.
|elevation=100–1000 m.
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci.
|publication year=1889
|special status=Endemic;Conservation concern
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_1099.xml
|genus=Ceanothus
|subgenus=Ceanothus subg. Cerastes
|species=Ceanothus divergens
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