Rhamnaceae
Buckbrush
Ceanothus cuneatus
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Genus
- Ceanothus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Buckbrush
Synonyms
- Ceanothus cuneatus var. cinerascens Hook. & Arn.
- Ceanothus cuneatus var. cuneatus
- Ceanothus cuneatus var. rufescens Hook. & Arn.
- Ceanothus cuneatus var. submontanus (Rose) McMinn
- Ceanothus submontanus Rose
- Nestronia cuneata (Hook.) Raf.
- Rhamnus cuneatus Hook.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris English, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JKehoe_Photos, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Missvain, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Missvain, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.