Rhamnaceae
Mojave ceanothus
Ceanothus pauciflorus
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Genus
- Ceanothus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Mojave ceanothus, Cupped leaf ceanothus, Desert ceanothus
Synonyms
- Ceanothus australis Rose
- Ceanothus franklinii (S.L.Welsh) S.L.Welsh
- Ceanothus goldmanii Rose
- Ceanothus greggii A.Gray
- Ceanothus greggii subsp. franklinii (S.L.Welsh) Kartesz & Gandhi
- Ceanothus greggii subsp. perplexans (Trel.) R.M.Beauch.
- Ceanothus greggii subsp. vestitus (Greene) Thorne
- Ceanothus greggii var. franklinii S.L.Welsh
- Ceanothus greggii var. greggii
- Ceanothus greggii var. lanuginosa M.E.Jones
- Ceanothus greggii var. orbicularis E.H.Kelso
- Ceanothus greggii var. perplexans (Trel.) Jeps.
- Ceanothus greggii var. vestitus (Greene) McMinn
- Ceanothus lanuginosus (M.E.Jones) Rose
- Ceanothus perplexans Trel.
- Ceanothus verrucosus var. greggii (A.Gray) K.Brandegee
- Ceanothus vestitus Greene
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 300 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Tree, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Christine Laney, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Robbie Hannawacker, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Leah Gardner, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elliott Gordon, 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). About our plant data.