Rhamnaceae

Feltleaf ceanothus

Ceanothus arboreus Greene

Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Ceanothus

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Feltleaf ceanothus (Ceanothus arboreus) — FlowerPhoto: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 乔木美洲茶, 树状美洲茶
English: Feltleaf ceanothus
French: Céanothe en arbre

Synonyms

Ceanothus arboreus var. glaber Jeps.
Ceanothus sorediatus W.S.Lyon
Ceanothus velutinus var. arboreus (Greene) Sarg.

Flowers

In flower: January to April (from 84 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jeff Young, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jeff Young, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: marek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: User:Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: User:Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Quentin Groom, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dinkum, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: mel letterman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Adam J. Searcy, 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.