  | Description: Form: Erect, open, evergreen shrub 6 – 10 feet tall with clusters of white flowers.
Leaves: Opposite, leathery, ˝ - 1 inch long, olive-green above and white wooly beneath, with shallow teeth along margin. Conspicuous tiny pits (stomata) are found on leaf undersurface.
Flowers: Many individual small white flowers borne in 1 – 1˝ inch clusters. Fruit is a 3-parted sticky capsule with short horns.
Blooming: February - April.
Plant Community: Common on dry ridges and slopes of the Chaparral.
Uses: Ornamental horticulture.
Common name: Hoaryleaf refers to the light colored, wooly undersurface of the leaf. This plant, as well as several other similar species of Ceanothus, is generally known as California Lilac or Wild Lilac.
Latin name: Ceanothus is Greek for “thorny plant” while crassifolius means “thick leaf”.
Comment: Other white flowered “California Lilacs” in the Santa Anas include Big Pod Ceanothus (C. megacarpus) and Buck Brush (C. cuneatus). Color: white
Season: January, February, March, April,
Community: Chaparral,
Use: Horticultural,
Origin: Native |
