Rhamnaceae
Sandscrub ceanothus
Ceanothus dentatus
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Genus
- Ceanothus
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- سيانثوس مسنن
- English
- Sandscrub ceanothus
Synonyms
- Ceanothus dentatus subsp. floribundus (Hook.) Trel.
- Ceanothus dentatus var. dentatus
- Ceanothus dentatus var. floribundus Trel.
- Ceanothus floribundus Hook.
- Ceanothus papillosus var. dentatus Parry
- Ceanothus papillosus var. floribundus Parry
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sgerbic, 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
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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.