View source for Ceanothus verrucosus

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|accepted_name=Ceanothus verrucosus
|accepted_authority=Nuttall
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer.
|place=1: 267. 1838
|year=1838
}}
|common_names=Barranca brush
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Rhamnaceae;Ceanothus;Ceanothus subg. Cerastes;Ceanothus verrucosus
|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 verrucosus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 78, 94, 95
|treatment_page=page 97
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> 1–3 m. <b>Stems</b> erect to ascending, not rooting at nodes; branchlets grayish brown, rigid, tomentulose. <b>Leaves</b> alternate, not fascicled, often crowded; petiole 1–3 mm; blade flat to cupped, widely obovate to suborbiculate, 5–14 × 3–10 mm, base cuneate to rounded, margins not revolute, entire to weakly denticulate distal to middle, teeth 9–16, apex truncate to retuse, abaxial surface pale green, sparsely strigillose, glabrescent, adaxial surface dark green, glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, 1–1.5 cm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals and petals white; nectary black. <b>Capsules</b> 4–6 mm wide, weakly lobed; valves smooth, horns minute or absent, intermediate ridges absent. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jan–Apr.
|habitat=Slopes, coastal mesas, chaparral, pine woodlands.
|elevation=20–800 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Mexico (Baja California).
|discussion=<p><i>Ceanothus verrucosus</i> occurs from San Diego County to the foothills of the Sierra San Pedro Mártir and Cedros Island in northern Baja California, Mexico; its habitat is threatened by development and urbanization throughout its range.</p>
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name=Ceanothus verrucosus
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Rhamnaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jan–Apr.
|habitat=Slopes, coastal mesas, chaparral, pine woodlands.
|elevation=20–800 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Mexico (Baja California).
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer.
|publication year=1838
|special status=
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|genus=Ceanothus
|subgenus=Ceanothus subg. Cerastes
|species=Ceanothus verrucosus
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