cuneatus
Pronunciation: see-a-NO-thus kew-nee-AY-tus
Common name: Buckbrush
Family: Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn)
Habitat: Dry fans, slopes, ridges to 6000', cismontane
chaparral, pinyon-juniper and yellow pine woodland
Blooming period: March to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Ceanothus
2) cuneatus