Rhamnaceae
New Jersey tea
Ceanothus americanus
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Genus
- Ceanothus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 美洲茶
- English
- New Jersey tea, Jersey tea ceanothus, Mountain sweet, Mountain-sweet, Mountainsweet, Red root, Red-root, Redroot
- French
- Céanothe d'Amérique
Synonyms
- Ceanothus americanus var. americanus
- Ceanothus americanus var. glaber Alph.Wood
- Ceanothus americanus var. intermedius (Pursh) Torr. & A.Gray
- Ceanothus americanus var. pitcheri Torr. & A.Gray
- Ceanothus decumbens Steud.
- Ceanothus dillenianus hort. ex K.Koch
- Ceanothus ellipticus Raf.
- Ceanothus glomeratus Raf.
- Ceanothus hybridus hort. ex K.Koch
- Ceanothus intermedius Pursh
- Ceanothus latifolius Raf.
- Ceanothus levigatus Raf.
- Ceanothus macrocarpus hort. ex Steud.
- Ceanothus macrophyllus Desf.
- Ceanothus macrophyllus hort. ex Dippel
- Ceanothus milleri Tausch
- Ceanothus multiflorus hort. ex Dippel
- Ceanothus officinalis Raf.
- Ceanothus ovalifolius Wender.
- Ceanothus ovalis var. intermedius (Pursh) Torr.
- Ceanothus perennis Pursh
- Ceanothus pitcheri Pickering ex Torr. & A.Gray
- Ceanothus procumbens hort. ex K.Koch
- Ceanothus reclinatus Bosc ex Steud.
- Ceanothus sanguineus Nutt.
- Ceanothus tardiflorus Hornem.
- Ceanothus trinervus Moench
- Ceanothus virgatus Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 1,319 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: WF_MI, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Chris Hoess, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: kent ozment, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Becky Dill, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: User:JohnOyston, CC BY-SA 1.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Laura Clark, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.