Species

Ceanothus velutinus (Snowbrush ceanothus)

Ceanothus velutinus. Photo: (c) Jeff Bisbee, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

Ceanothus velutinus, with the common names snowbrush ceanothus, red root, and tobacco brush, is a species of shrub in the family Rhamnaceae. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in several habitat types including coniferous forest, chaparral, and various types of woodland.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
        Order: Rosales (Roses, elms, figs, and allies)
        Family: Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn family)
        Genus: Ceanothus
        Subgenus: Ceanothus (Ceanothus subg. ceanothus)
        Species: Ceanothus velutinus (Snowbrush ceanothus)
        Variety: Ceanothus velutinus laevigatus

Subtaxa

Variety: Ceanothus velutinus laevigatus

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