Latin name: Ceanothus pauciflorus (Sessé & Moc.) DC.
Pronunciation: see-a-NO-thus paw-si-FLOR-us
Common name: Mojave ceanothus
Family: Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn)
Habitat: Dry slopes, 3500'-7500', joshua tree and pinyon-juniper woodland, sagebrush scrub, desert slopes of Kern, Los Angeles and San Bernardino Cos.
Blooming period: May to June
Name derivations: 1) Ceanothus 2) pauciflorus
Formerly Ceanothus greggii var. vestitus and Ceanothus vestitus
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