Rhamnaceae

Vail Lake ceanothus

Ceanothus ophiochilus S.Boyd, T.S.Ross & Arnseth

Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Ceanothus

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Vail Lake ceanothus (Ceanothus ophiochilus) — FlowerPhoto: Madeleine Claire, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (1)

English: Vail Lake ceanothus

Flowers

In flower: February to March (from 14 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

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

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Madeleine Claire, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Madeleine Claire, 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: Madeleine Claire, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stickpen, CC0, 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: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification 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.