The colors below indicate the kind of documentation available for this species in the California counties where it occurs.

Feltleaf Ceanothus
Ceanothus arboreus
(Rhamnaceae)

Mature individuals of Feltleaf Ceanothus can become 7 meters tall (about 23 feet). The species name arboreus refers to this treelike stature. When in full bloom, Ceanothus is a breathtaking sight. The small but showy blue flowers are borne in hundreds of panicles or umbel-like cymes. Following pollination, each flower develops into a roughened 3-lobed triangular capsule that is almost black at maturity.

DISTRIBUTION: Dry shrubby slopes on the Channel Islands; < 300 m.

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