Ceanothus velutinus (Tobacco Brush)

7/6/16 Glass Creek Road past Obsidian Dome, Mammoth Lakes region, Inyo National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

7/6/16 Glass Creek Road past Obsidian Dome, Mammoth Lakes region, Inyo National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

7/8/16 Lundy Canyon Trail, Inyo National Forest,

Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Tobacco Brush

SPECIES: Ceanothus velutinus

FAMILY: Rhamnaceae (Buckbrush Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/6/2016

LOCATION: Glass Creek Road past Obsidian Dome, Mammoth Lakes region, Inyo National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Stem: twigs round, brown, ± puberulent, becoming dark brown

Leaves alternate, evergreen, aromatic, < 8 cm; stipules deciduous; petiole < 18 mm; blade widely elliptic to ovate-elliptic, 3-ribbed from base, tip obtuse, margin gland-toothed, upper surface dark green, ± shiny, glabrous, lower paler

Inflorescence panicle-like, < 12 cm

Flower white

Fruit 3–4 mm, 3-lobed

Ecology: Open, wooded slopes

Elevation: < 3000 m.  

Bioregional distribution: Klamath Ranges, Outer North Coast Ranges, High Cascade Range, High Sierra Nevada, n San Francisco Bay Area, Warner Mountains, East of Sierra Nevada (except White and Inyo Mountains) 

Distribution outside California: to British Columbia, South Dakota