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Ceanothus pauciflorus
Also called Mojave Desert Whitethorn
Ceanothus pauciflorus, known by the common name Mojave ceanothus, is a species of flowering shrub in the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae. It is native to the Southwestern United States (Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah) and Mexico, where it grows primarily in shrubland communities at moderate to high elevations. It is characterized by oppositely arranged leaves, corky stipules and white flowers. It was formerly known as Ceanothus greggii.
Ceanothus pauciflorus is widely distributed throughout the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. In the United States, it is found in the states of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah. It is widely distributed in Mexico, found from Baja California and Coahuila south to Oaxaca. In Baja California, it is found from the Sierra Juarez to the Sierra de la Asamblea. However, it is replaced in a portion of its range in California and Baja California with a close relative, Ceanothus perplexans. This species is found on a variety of habitats over its wide distribution, although it is almost always found in shrub-dominated communities like chaparral and matorral at moderate to high elevations (550 to 2600 m).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ceanothus pauciflorus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
