Pronunciation: see-a-NO-thus ves-TI-tus
Common name: Mojave ceanothus
Family: Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn)
Habitat: Dry slopes, 3500'-7500', joshua tree and
pinyon-juniper woodland, sagebrush scrub, desert
slopes of Kern, Los Angeles and San Bernardino
Cos.
Blooming period: May to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Ceanothus
2) vestitus
Formerly Ceanothus greggii var. vestitus