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Ceanothus arboreus (feltleaf ceanothus)

Synonyms: Ceanothus arboreus var. glaber; Ceanothus arboreus var. glabra; Ceanothus sorediatus (heterotypic); Ceanothus velutinus var. arboreus (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Ceanothus arboreus, with the common names feltleaf ceanothus, island ceanothus, and island mountain lilac, is a species of Ceanothus shrub in California.
View Wikipedia Record: Ceanothus arboreus

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Ceanothus arboreus

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Shrub
Usage [2]  A green dye is obtained from the flowers; All parts of the plant are rich in saponins - when crushed and mixed with water they produce a good lather which is an effective and gentle soap; This soap is very good at removing dirt, though it does not remove oils very well. This means that when used on the skin it will not remove the natural body oils, but nor will it remove engine oil etc; The developing seed cases are also a very good source of saponins;
Height [2]  23 feet (7 m)
View Plants For A Future Record : Ceanothus arboreus

Predators

Neopinnaspis harperi (Harper scale)[4]
Periploca ceanothiella[5]
Pseudococcus hypergaeus[4]
Tischeria bifurcata[5]

Range Map

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0