Pronunciation: see-a-NO-thus per-PLEX-ans
Common name: Cupleaf ceanothus
Family: Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn)
Habitat: Dry slopes to 7000', chaparral, pinyon-
juniper woodland, yellow pine forest, San Jacinto
and San Bernardino Mts, Peninsular Range
Blooming period: March to April
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Ceanothus
2) perplexans
Formerly Ceanothus greggii var. perplexans